Pericyma mendax | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Pericyma |
Species: | P. mendax
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Binomial name | |
Pericyma mendax (
Walker, 1858)
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Pericyma mendax is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found most countries in subtropical Africa south of the Sahara, in Cape Verde, Mauritius, La Réunion and Madagascar. [1]
It has a wingspan of approx. 40mm. Host plants of the larvae are Acacia mearnsii [2] and Acacia sp. [3] Fabaceae