Mazuca strigicincta
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Mazuca |
| Species: | M. strigicincta |
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Mazuca strigicincta, the Pikachu moth, is a moth in the family Noctuidae found from Nigeria and Ghana down to northern Namibia and Mozambique.[1]
Taxonomy
Name
This taxon was named by Francis Walker in 1866.[2][3][4]
Common name
The common name, Pikachu moth, comes from the fact that the moth shares colors with the popular Pokémon character Pikachu.
Appearances in media
M. strigicincta appears on a commemorative Ghanaian postage stamp in 2002 along with other stamps featuring other species of moths. The stamp features the Pikachu moth with a purple background, with "Ghana" written in the top right and the characters "C4500" in the bottom left in red Comic Sans.[5]
References
- ^ "Search". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
- ^ "Mazuca strigicincta Walker, 1866". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
- ^ Savela, Markku (June 10, 2019). "Mazuca strigicincta Walker, 1866". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Mazuca strigicincta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- ^ "Stamp: Pikachu Moth (Mazuca strigicincta) (Ghana 2002)". TouchStamps. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
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