"Striped grass looper" redirects here. For the other moth with this name, see Mocis latipes.
Mocis repanda
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea
Family:
Erebidae
Genus:
Mocis
Species:
M. repanda
Binomial name
Mocis repanda
(Fabricius, 1794)
Synonyms
Noctua repanda Fabricius, 1794
Mocis megas (Guenée, 1852)
Remigia megas Guenée, 1852
Mocis alipes (Felder and Rogenhofer, 1874)
Remigia alipes Felder and Rogenhofer, 1874
Mocis munda (Walker, 1865)
Remigia munda Walker, 1865
Mocis remanens (Walker, 1858)
Remigia remanens Walker, 1858
Mocis repanda, the striped grass looper, is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1794.[1] It is found in Central America and the Caribbean, including Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Jamaica, Puerto Rico and Saint Thomas. Strays can be found in the United States, up to southern Texas as well as subtropical Africa south of the Sahara, including the islands of the Indian Ocean.[2]
The larvae feed on various grasses, including Cenchrus viridis, Trichlons pluriflora, Eriochloa punctata, Leptochloa walleye and Panica fasciculata. It is considered a pest on corn, sugarcane and Bermuda grass.
It has a wingspan of about 40 millimetres (1.6 in).
^Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Mocis repanda (Fabricius 1794)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 26, 2016.
^De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Mocis repanda (Fabricius, 1794)". Afromoths. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
Mocisrepanda, the striped grass looper, is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1794. It is found...
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