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Pericyma squalens is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Julius Lederer in 1855. It is found in south-eastern Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Lebanon, Israel and Jordan.

Pericyma squalens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Pericyma
Species:	P. squalens
Binomial name
Pericyma squalens Lederer, 1855

There are multiple generations per year. Adults are on wing from March to August.

The larvae possibly feed on Alhagi species.

External links

• Kravchenko, V. D.; Müller, G.; Orlova, O. B.; Seplyarskaya, V. N. (2004). "The Catocalinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of Israel" (PDF). Russian Entomological Journal. 13 (3): 175–186. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-19 – via Internet Archive.
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