Pericyma atrifusa
Pericyma atrifusa | |
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Pericyma atrifusa | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Hexapoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Erebinae |
Genus: | Pericyma |
Species: | P. atrifusa |
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
- ↑ "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)" (PDF). 19(1). Tropical Lepidoptera Research: 4–8.
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