Pericyma metaleuca
| Pericyma metaleuca | |
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| Pericyma metaleuca | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Hexapoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Subfamily: | Catocalinae |
| Genus: | Pericyma |
| Species: | P. metaleuca |
| Binomial name | |
| Pericyma metaleuca Hampson, 1913 | |
Pericyma metaleuca is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Africa and the Near East and is known from Ethiopia, Kenya, Mauritania, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Somalia , Tanzania and Yemen.[1]
It has a wingspan of approx. 24mm.[2]
Subspecies
- Pericyma metaleuca metaleuca Hampson, 1913
- Pericyma metaleuca obscura Wiltshire, 1980 (Oman)
- Pericyma metaleuca mauritanica Hacker & Hausmann, 2010 (Mauritania)
References
- ↑ afromoths.net
- ↑ http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32577928#page/326/mode/1up biodiversitylibrary.org: Hampson, 1913d. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). XIII. Noctuidae. - — 13:i–xiv, p.308, Plate CCXXXII. fig.11
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