Pericyma metaleuca

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Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Hexapoda Order Lepidoptera		Phylum Arthropoda Class Insecta Family Noctuidae

Pericyma metaleuca is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Africa and the Near East and is known from Ethiopia, Kenya, Mauritania, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Tanzania and Yemen.

It has a wingspan of approx. 24mm.

Subspecies

Pericyma metaleuca metaleuca Hampson, 1913

Pericyma metaleuca obscura Wiltshire, 1980 (Oman)

Pericyma metaleuca mauritanica Hacker & Hausmann, 2010 (Mauritania)

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