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Pericyma mendax

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Species of moth

Pericyma mendax
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Pericyma
Species: P. mendax
Binomial name
Pericyma mendax
(Walker, 1858)
Synonyms
  • Alamis mendax Walker, 1858
  • Dugaria cilipes Walker, 1858
  • Homoptera delineosa Walker, 1858
  • Homoptera disjuncta Walker, 1865

Pericyma mendax is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found most countries in subtropical Africa south of the Sahara, in Cape Verde, Mauritius, La Réunion and Madagascar.

It has a wingspan of approx. 40mm. Host plants of the larvae are Acacia mearnsii and Acacia sp. Fabaceae

References

  • Walker, 1858b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XIII.– Noctuidae. - 13 (1957):i–iv, 1521–1888
  1. afromoths.net
  2. Martiré & Rochat, 2008. Les papillons de La Réunion et leurs chenilles, p.399
  3. Hacker, Fibiger, & Schreier, 2007. Macrosenta purpurascens spec. nov., eine neue Notodontidae-Art aus Yemen (Lepidoptera). - Esperiana Memoir 3:341–344.

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Taxon identifiers
Pericyma mendax


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