Pericyma polygramma

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Pericyma polygramma
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Pericyma
Species:
P. polygramma
Binomial name
Pericyma polygramma
Hampson, 1913

Pericyma polygramma is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by George Hampson in 1913. It is found in subtropical Africa and is known from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, South Africa and Madagascar. [1]

It has a wingspan of approx. 32–38 mm. [2]

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References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Pericyma polygramma Hampson, 1913". Afromoths. Retrieved February 13, 2020. Note: This source has Pericyma polygramma as a synonym of Pericyma mendax (Walker, 1858).
  2. Hampson (1913). biodiversitylibrary.org Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the Collection of the British Museum (Natural History). XIII. Noctuidae. 13: i–xiv, p.311/312