Biology:Mazuca amoena
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Short description: Species of moth
| Mazuca amoena | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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
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
M. amoena was named by Karl Jordan in 1933.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2019). "Mazuca amoena Jordan, 1933". http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/MAZUAMOE. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
- ↑ "Mazuca amoena Jordan, 1933". https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/map?taxon_key=1767205.
- ↑ "Mazuca amoena Jordan, 1933". https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2429184041.
- ↑ "Mazuca amoena". https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/11000695.
- ↑ "Mazuca amoena Jordan, 1933". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/005861a07ae02eb9e337ec00d45495b5.
Wikidata ☰ Q13513548 entry
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