Pericyma metaleuca
Pericyma metaleuca is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Africa and the Near East and is known from Ethiopia, Kenya, Mauritania, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Tanzania and Yemen.[1]
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| Pericyma metaleuca | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Pericyma |
| Species: | P. metaleuca |
| Binomial name | |
| Pericyma metaleuca Hampson, 1913 | |
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
- https://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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