''Pericyma'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...

s in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by

Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer (17 December 1799 – 14 April 1874) was a German entomologist and physician. He was born, and died, in Regensburg. Herrich-Schäffer studied and collected particularly butterflies and moths ( Lepidoptera ...

in 1851.

Species

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Pericyma albidens ''Pericyma'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1851. Species *'' Pericyma albidens'' (Walker, 1865) southern India *'' Pericyma albidentaria'' (Freyer, 1842) Greece ...

'' (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 ''Pericyma basalis'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found on Madagascar and Réunion. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boei ...

'' (Saalmüller, 1891) Madagascar, Reunion *'' Pericyma caffraria'' (Möschler, 1884) South Africa *''

Pericyma cruegeri ''Pericyma cruegeri'', the poinciana looper, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1886. It is found in south-east Asia including Hong Kong, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, Sumatra, Peninsular ...

'' (Butler, 1886) Hong Kong, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Philippines, New Guinea, Queensland *'' Pericyma deducta'' (Walker,

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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 ''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. It has a wingspan of approx. 40mm. Host plants of the larva ...

'' (Walker,

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 ''Pericyma polygramma'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by George Hampson in 1913. It is found in subtropical Africa and is known from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, South Africa and Madagascar Madagascar ...

'' Hampson, 1913 *'' Pericyma pratti'' (Kenrick, 1917) Madagascar *''

Pericyma scandulata ''Pericyma scandulata'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. Distribution It is found in Uganda, Zimbabwe and South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded ...

'' (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) *'' Pericyma schreieri'' Hacker, 2016 Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania *'' Pericyma signata'' Brandt, 1939 Saudi Arabia, Iran, Afghanistan, Nepal *''

Pericyma squalens ''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 Jordan ...

'' Lederer, 1855 Turkey, Arabia, Libya, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Palestine, Tajikistan *'' Pericyma subbasalis'' Hacker, 2016 Taiwan *''

Pericyma subtusplaga ''Pericyma'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1851. Species *''Pericyma albidens'' (Walker, 1865) southern India *'' Pericyma albidentaria'' (Freyer, 1842) Greece, ...

'' Berio, 1984 Kenya *''

Pericyma umbrina ''Pericyma'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1851. Species *''Pericyma albidens'' (Walker, 1865) southern India *'' Pericyma albidentaria'' (Freyer, 1842) Greece, ...

'' (Guenée, 1852) India, Kenya, Somalia, Namibia, South Africa *''

Pericyma viettei ''Pericyma'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1851. Species *''Pericyma albidens'' (Walker, 1865) southern India *'' Pericyma albidentaria'' (Freyer, 1842) Greece, ...

'' (Berio, 1955) Madagascar *''

Pericyma vinsonii ''Pericyma vinsonii'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Mauritius, La Réunion and Madagascar. It has a wingspan of approx. 34 mm for the males and 41 mm for the females. Their larvae are commonly found on ''Deloni ...

'' (Guenée, 1862) Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion

References

Pericymini Noctuoidea genera {{Erebinae-stub