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Lepidoptera > Noctuoidea > Erebidae > Erebinae > Euclidiini > Mocis

Mocis frugalis (Fabricius, 1775) – Sugarcane Looper

Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Identification:
Sexual, seasonal & individual variation:
Status, Habitat and Habits:
Adult moth observations that have been databased:
StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Andhra Pradesh
Assam
Chhattisgarh
Delhi
Gujarat
Himachal Pradesh
Karnataka
Kerala
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Mizoram
Nagaland
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
All states
Similiar species:
List of Mocis Hübner, [1823] species known from India.
Mocis discios Kollar, 1844. India: Himalayas.
Mocis frugalis (Fabricius, 1775). Sri Lanka; India.
Mocis laxa (Walker, 1858) (= M. pavona). Bangladesh; India: Sikkim, Bengal.
Mocis undata (Fabricius, 1775). Sri Lanka; India.
References:
  1. Gurule, S & S. M. Nikam. 2013. The moths (Lepidoptera: Heterocera) of northern Maharashtra: a preliminary checklist. Journal of Threatened Taxa 5(12): 4693–4713; http://dx.doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.o2555.4693-713. Image 183 (pg. 4710)
  2. Hampson, G. 1894. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 2. Taylor & Francis, London. Arctiidae, Agrostidae, Noctuidae #2574 pg.527 as Remigia frugalis
  3. Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana. 2005. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuidae. An Illustrated Catalogue of the Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) in Thailand: Part 1: Herminiinae, Rivulinae, Hypeninae, Catocalinae, Aganainae, Euteliinae, Stictopterinae, Plusiinae, Pantheinae, Acronictinae and Agaristinae.
    Pl 22:10,11.

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Anonymous. 2022. Mocis frugalis (Fabricius, 1775) – Sugarcane Looper. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Moths of India, v. 3.30. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. http://www.mothsofindia.org/sp/355606/Mocis-frugalis
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