''Pericyma'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s in the family
Erebidae
The Erebidae are a family (biology), family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwin ...
. The genus was erected by
Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer
Gottlieb (formerly D. Gottlieb & Co.) was an American arcade game corporation based in Chicago, Illinois. It is best known for creating a vast line of pinball machines and arcade games (including ''Q*bert'') throughout much of the 20th century.
...
in 1851.
Species
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Pericyma albidens''
(Walker, 1865) southern India
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Pericyma albidentaria''
(Freyer, 1842) Greece, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Kasakhstan, from (Asia Minor, Middle East) - Afghanistan, Turkestan
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Pericyma andrefana''
(Viette, 1988) Madagascar
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Pericyma atrifusa''
(Hampson, 1902) Burkina Faso, Togo, Nigeria, Arabia, Sudan, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Eswatini, South Africa, Namibia
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Pericyma basalis''
(Saalmüller, 1891) Madagascar, Reunion
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Pericyma caffraria''
(Möschler, 1884) South Africa
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Pericyma cruegeri''
(Butler, 1886) Hong Kong, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Philippines, New Guinea, Queensland
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Pericyma deducta''
(Walker, 858
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Events
By place
Europe
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South Africa
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Pericyma detersa''
(Walker, 1865) northern India, Pakistan
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Pericyma glaucinans''
(Guenée, 1852) Saudi Arabia, India (Silhet, Punjab), Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan, Java, Philippines
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Pericyma griveaudi''
(Laporte, 1973)
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Pericyma madagascana''
Hacker, 2016 Madagascar
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Pericyma mauritanica
''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, S ...
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Hacker & Hausmann, 2010 Mauritania, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso
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Pericyma mendax
''Pericyma mendax'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. 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 larvae are ...
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(Walker, 858
__NOTOC__
Year 858 ( DCCCLVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* Summer – King Louis the German, summoned by the disaffected Frankish nobles, invades the West Frankish Kin ...
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
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Pericyma metaleuca''
Hampson, 1913 Arabia, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania
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Pericyma minyas''
(Fawcett, 1916) Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania
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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 ...
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Hampson, 1913
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Pericyma pratti
''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, ...
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(Kenrick, 1917) Madagascar
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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 Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa ...
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(Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
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Pericyma schreieri
''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, ...
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Hacker, 2016 Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania
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Pericyma signata
''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, ...
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Brandt, 1939 Saudi Arabia, Iran, Afghanistan, Nepal
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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.
There are m ...
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Lederer, 1855 Turkey, Arabia, Libya, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Palestine, Tajikistan
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Pericyma subbasalis
''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, ...
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Hacker, 2016 Taiwan
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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, ...
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Berio, 1984 Kenya
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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, ...
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(Guenée, 1852) India, Kenya, Somalia, Namibia, South Africa
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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, ...
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(Berio, 1955) Madagascar
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Pericyma vinsonii''
(Guenée, 1862) Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion
References
Pericymini
Noctuoidea genera
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