Pericallia

Pericallia matronula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Tribe: Arctiini
Subtribe: Arctiina
Genus: Pericallia
Hübner, 1820
Species: P. matronula
Binomial name
Pericallia matronula
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena matronula
  • Pleretes matronula agassizi

Pericallia is a genus of tiger moths in the Erebidae family. The genus contains only one species, Pericallia matronula, which can be found in central and eastern Europe, Kazakhstan, southern Siberia, northern Mongolia, Amur Region, Primorye, Sakhalin, Kunashir, northern and northeastern China, Korea and Japan.[1]

The larvae feed on Lonicera, Hieracium, Vaccinium, Fraxinus, Corylus and Quercus species and Prunus padus.

References

  1. Markku Savela (June 28, 2004). "Pericallia genus". funet.fi. Retrieved 2009-03-25.


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