Mazuca amoena
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Mazuca |
Species: | M. amoena
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Binomial name | |
Mazuca amoena Jordan, 1933
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Mazuca amoena is a moth in the family Noctuidae. It can be found from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Zimbabwe,[1] with one instance in South Africa.[2]
Appearance
[edit]M. amoena is a white moth with black stripes along the border of the wing, a few red stripes along the mid-top, an orange circle along the ends of the wings, and smaller black circles towards the center.[1][3][4]
Taxonomy
[edit]M. amoena was named by Karl Jordan in 1933.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Mazuca amoena Jordan, 1933". Afromoths. Archived from the original on 2024-02-22. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
- ^ "Mazuca amoena Jordan, 1933". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Archived from the original on 2024-02-22. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
- ^ "Mazuca amoena Jordan, 1933". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Archived from the original on 2024-02-22. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
- ^ "Mazuca amoena". iNaturalist. Archived from the original on 2024-02-22. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
- ^ "Mazuca amoena Jordan, 1933". Catalogue of Life. Archived from the original on 2024-02-22. Retrieved 2020-05-21.