Mocis texana
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Mocis |
| Species: | M. texana
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| Binomial name | |
| Mocis texana (Morrison, 1875)[1]
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Mocis texana, the Texas mocis, is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in eastern North America, from southern Ontario, south to Florida, west to Texas to Minnesota.
The wingspan is 42–50 millimetres (1.7–2.0 in). Adults are on wing from April to September.
The larvae feed on Digitaria species.
References
[edit]- ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Mocis texana (Morrison 1875)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 26, 2016.
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