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. Originallyde 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. one species more was included into the genus, M. bellieri (Lederer, 1855) from the Near East; but laterDubatolov, 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. it was returned into the genus Ocnogyna.
Species Maurica breveti (Oberthür, 1882) Maurica breveti powelli (Oberthür, 1910) Maurica joiceyi (Talbot, 1928) Maurica joiceyi chneouri (Rungs, 1951) Maurica joiceyi monticola (Reisser, 1934)
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