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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Pericyma |
| Species: | P. mendax
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| Pericyma mendax (Walker, 1858)
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It has a wingspan of approx. 40mm. Host plants of the larvae are Acacia mearnsii[2] and Acacia sp.[3] Fabaceae
References
edit- 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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