Kingdom Animalia Order Lepidoptera Family Erebidae Scientific name Pericallia Rank Genus | Phylum Arthropoda Superfamily Noctuoidea Species P. matronula Higher classification Erebidae | |
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Similar Butterflies and moths, Hyphoraia, Coscinia, Ocnogyna, Cybosia | ||
Pericallia is a genus of tiger moths in the Erebidae family. The genus contains only one species, Pericallia matronula, which can be found in central and eastern Europe, Kazakhstan, southern Siberia, northern Mongolia, Amur Region, Primorye, Sakhalin, Kunashir, northern and northeastern China, Korea and Japan.
The larvae feed on Lonicera, Hieracium, Vaccinium, Fraxinus, Corylus and Quercus species and Prunus padus.
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