Mocis texana
| Mocis texana | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Mocis |
| Species: | M. texana |
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| Mocis texana (Morrison, 1875)[1] | |
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The Texas Mocis (Mocis texana) is a species of moth of the Erebidae family. 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.
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