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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]

Pericyma mendax
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
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

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

External links

• Boldsystems.org: Pictures of Pericyma mendax

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