Mocis texana Morrison, 1875 is a animal in the Erebidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Mocis texana Morrison, 1875

Mocis texana Morrison, 1875

Mocis texana, the Texas mocis, is an erebid moth found in eastern North America that feeds on Digitaria as larvae.

Family
Genus
Mocis
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Mocis texana Morrison, 1875

Mocis texana, commonly known as the Texas mocis, is a moth species belonging to the family Erebidae. This species is distributed across eastern North America, with its range extending from southern Ontario south to Florida, and west from Texas to Minnesota. The wingspan of Mocis texana measures 42 to 50 millimetres, equal to 1.7 to 2.0 inches. Adult moths are active from April through September each year. The larvae of this species feed on plants of the Digitaria genus.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Erebidae Mocis

More from Erebidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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