Pericyma mendax

Pericyma mendax
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Hexapoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Subfamily:	Catocalinae
Genus:	Pericyma
Species:	P. mendax
Binomial name
	Pericyma mendax; (Walker, 1858)
Synonyms
	Alamis mendax Walker, 1858; Dugaria cilipes Walker, 1858; Homoptera delineosa Walker, 1858; Homoptera disjuncta Walker, 1865;

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

References

Walker, 1858b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XIII.– Noctuidae. - 13 (1957):i–iv, 1521–1888

^ afromoths.net
^ Martiré & Rochat, 2008. Les papillons de La Réunion et leurs chenilles, p.399
^ Hacker, Fibiger, & Schreier, 2007. Macrosenta purpurascens spec. nov., eine neue Notodontidae-Art aus Yemen (Lepidoptera). - Esperiana Memoir 3:341–344.

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