Pericyma

<i>Pericyma</i>

Pericyma

Genus of moths

Pericyma is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1851.[1][2][3]

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Species

  • Pericyma albidens (Walker, 1865) southern India
  • Pericyma albidentaria (Freyer, 1842) Greece, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Kasakhstan, from (Asia Minor, Middle East) - Afghanistan, Turkestan
  • Pericyma andrefana (Viette, 1988) Madagascar
  • Pericyma atrifusa (Hampson, 1902) Burkina Faso, Togo, Nigeria, Arabia, Sudan, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Eswatini, South Africa, Namibia
  • Pericyma basalis (Saalmüller, 1891) Madagascar, Reunion
  • Pericyma caffraria (Möschler, 1884) South Africa
  • Pericyma cruegeri (Butler, 1886) Hong Kong, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Philippines, New Guinea, Queensland
  • Pericyma deducta (Walker, [1858]) South Africa
  • Pericyma detersa (Walker, 1865) northern India, Pakistan
  • Pericyma glaucinans (Guenée, 1852) Saudi Arabia, India (Silhet, Punjab), Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan, Java, Philippines
  • Pericyma griveaudi (Laporte, 1973)
  • Pericyma madagascana Hacker, 2016 Madagascar
  • Pericyma mauritanica Hacker & Hausmann, 2010 Mauritania, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso
  • Pericyma mendax (Walker, [1858]) Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Congo, Zaire, Botswana, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Somalia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Eswatini, South Africa, Namibia, Madagascar, Mauritius
  • Pericyma metaleuca Hampson, 1913 Arabia, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania
  • Pericyma minyas (Fawcett, 1916) Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania
  • Pericyma polygramma Hampson, 1913
  • Pericyma pratti (Kenrick, 1917) Madagascar
  • Pericyma scandulata (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
  • Pericyma schreieri Hacker, 2016 Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania
  • Pericyma signata Brandt, 1939 Saudi Arabia, Iran, Afghanistan, Nepal
  • Pericyma squalens Lederer, 1855 Turkey, Arabia, Libya, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Palestine, Tajikistan
  • Pericyma subbasalis Hacker, 2016 Taiwan
  • Pericyma subtusplaga Berio, 1984 Kenya
  • Pericyma umbrina (Guenée, 1852) India, Kenya, Somalia, Namibia, South Africa
  • Pericyma viettei (Berio, 1955) Madagascar
  • Pericyma vinsonii (Guenée, 1862) Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion

References

  1. [1]
    Savela, Markku (August 29, 2020). "Pericyma Herrich-Schäffer, [1851]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 14, 2019. Note: This source appears to misspell the name of the synonym Ozopteryx as "Ozoperyx".
  2. [2]
    Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pericyma​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  3. [3]
    Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Pericyma Herrich-Schäffer, 1851". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved October 9, 2020.


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