Pericyma mendax

Pericyma mendax
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
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

↑ afromoths.net
↑ Martiré & Rochat, 2008. Les papillons de La Réunion et leurs chenilles, p.399
↑ Hacker, Fibiger, & Schreier, 2007. Macrosenta purpurascens spec. nov., eine neue Notodontidae-Art aus Yemen (Lepidoptera). - Esperiana Memoir 3:341–344.

This Ophiusini article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information.