Pericyma metaleuca explained

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.^[1]

It has a wingspan of approx. 24mm.^[2]

Subspecies

• Pericyma metaleuca metaleuca Hampson, 1913
• Pericyma metaleuca obscura Wiltshire, 1980 (Oman)
• Pericyma metaleuca mauritanica Hacker & Hausmann, 2010 (Mauritania)

Notes and References

1. http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/PERIMETA afromoths.net
2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32577928#page/326/mode/1up biodiversitylibrary.org: Hampson, 1913d. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). XIII. Noctuidae. - — 13:i–xiv, p.308, Plate CCXXXII. fig.11