{{Short description|Genus of moths}} {{Automatic_taxobox | taxon = Maurica | authority = de Freina & Witt, 1984 | type_species = ''Trichosoma breveti'' | type_species_authority = Oberthür, 1882 }}
'''''Maurica''''' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae from north-western Africa.
The genus was erected by Josef J. de Freina and Thomas Joseph Witt in 1984.<ref>{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |url=https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/arctiidae/arctiinae/maurica/ |title=''Maurica'' de Freina & Witt, 1984 |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=September 27, 2019}}</ref> Originally<ref name="dfw84">de Freina, J. J. & Witt, T. J. (1984). "Taxonomische Veränderungen bei den Bombyces und Sphinges Europas und Nordwestafrikas. Zwei neue Arctiidaegattungen den westpaläarktischen Faunenbereich: ''Watsonarctia'' gen.n. und ''Maurica'' gen.n. (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae)". ''Entomofauna. Zeitschrift für Entomologie''. '''5''' (28): 323-334, Linz.</ref> one species more was included into the genus, ''M. bellieri'' <small>(Lederer, 1855)</small> from the Near East; but later<ref name="dvv04">Dubatolov, V. V. (2004). "Some generic changes in Arctiinae from South Eurasia with description of three new genera (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae)". ''Atalanta''. '''35''' (1/2): 73-83, colour plate IVa, Würzburg.</ref> it was returned into the genus ''Ocnogyna''.
==Species== * ''Maurica breveti'' <small>(Oberthür, 1882)</small> ** ''Maurica breveti powelli'' <small>(Oberthür, 1910)</small> * ''Maurica joiceyi'' <small>(Talbot, 1928)</small> ** ''Maurica joiceyi chneouri'' <small>(Rungs, 1951)</small> ** ''Maurica joiceyi monticola'' <small>(Reisser, 1934)</small>
==References== {{Reflist}} *{{cite web |last1=Pitkin |first1=Brian |last2=Jenkins |first2=Paul |name-list-style=amp |url=https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusList3.dsml?&FAMILY=Arctiidae&sort=GENUS |title=Search results Family: Arctiidae |website=Butterflies and Moths of the World |publisher=Natural History Museum, London}}
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Category:Spilosomina Category:Moth genera Category:Taxa named by Thomas J. Witt
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