Pericyma Explained

Pericyma is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1851.^{[1] [2]}

Species

• Pericyma albidens (Walker, 1865) southern India
• Pericyma albidentaria (Freyer, 1842) Greece, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Kasakhstan, from (Asia Minor, Middle East) - Afghanistan, Turkestan
• Pericyma andrefana (Viette, 1988) Madagascar
• Pericyma atrifusa (Hampson, 1902) Burkina Faso, Togo, Nigeria, Arabia, Sudan, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Eswatini, South Africa, Namibia
• Pericyma basalis (Saalmüller, 1891) Madagascar, Reunion
• Pericyma caffraria (Möschler, 1884) South Africa
• Pericyma cruegeri (Butler, 1886) Hong Kong, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Philippines, New Guinea, Queensland
• Pericyma deducta (Walker, [1858]) South Africa
• Pericyma detersa (Walker, 1865) northern India, Pakistan
• Pericyma glaucinans (Guenée, 1852) Saudi Arabia, India (Silhet, Punjab), Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan, Java, Philippines
• Pericyma griveaudi (Laporte, 1973)
• Pericyma madagascana Hacker, 2016 Madagascar
• Pericyma mauritanica Hacker & Hausmann, 2010 Mauritania, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso
• Pericyma mendax (Walker, [1858]) Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Congo, Zaire, Botswana, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Somalia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Eswatini, South Africa, Namibia, Madagascar, Mauritius
• Pericyma metaleuca Hampson, 1913 Arabia, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania
• Pericyma minyas (Fawcett, 1916) Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania
• Pericyma polygramma Hampson, 1913
• Pericyma pratti (Kenrick, 1917) Madagascar
• Pericyma scandulata (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
• Pericyma schreieri Hacker, 2016 Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania
• Pericyma signata Brandt, 1939 Saudi Arabia, Iran, Afghanistan, Nepal
• Pericyma squalens Lederer, 1855 Turkey, Arabia, Libya, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Palestine, Tajikistan
• Pericyma subbasalis Hacker, 2016 Taiwan
• Pericyma subtusplaga Berio, 1984 Kenya
• Pericyma umbrina (Guenée, 1852) India, Kenya, Somalia, Namibia, South Africa
• Pericyma viettei (Berio, 1955) Madagascar
• Pericyma vinsonii (Guenée, 1862) Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion

Notes and References

1. Web site: Savela . Markku . August 29, 2020 . Pericyma Herrich-Schäffer, [1851] ]. Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . December 14, 2019. Note: This source appears to misspell the name of the synonym Ozopteryx as "Ozoperyx".
2. Web site: Pitkin . Brian . Jenkins . Paul . amp . November 5, 2004 . Pericyma Herrich-Schäffer, 1851 . Butterflies and Moths of the World . . October 9, 2020.