Pericyma atrifusa
| Pericyma atrifusa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Pericyma |
| Species: | P. atrifusa
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| Binomial name | |
| Pericyma atrifusa (Hampson, 1902)
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Pericyma atrifusa is a moth of the family Erebidae.
Distribution
It is found in Botswana, Kenya and South Africa.[1][2]
Biology
The larvae feed on Fabaceae: Acacia senegal and Acacia tortilis.[3]
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pericyma atrifusa.
- ^ "Pericyma atrifusa (Hampson, 1902)". AfroMoths.
- ^ "Pericyma atrifusa, (Hampson, 1902)". African Moths.
- ^ Agassiz, D. J. L.; Harper, D. M. (2009). "The Macrolepidoptera fauna of Acacia in the Kenyan Rift Valley (Part 1)". Tropical Lepidoptera Research. 19 (1): 4–8.