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Pericyma metaleuca

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subphylum
  
Hexapoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Noctuidae

Pericyma metaleuca

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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