Pericallia
| Pericallia matronula | |
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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) | |
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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
- Dubatolov, V.V. & Kishida, Y., 2004: On a distribution of Pericallia matronula L. (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae), with description of a new subspecies, based on the male genitalia structure. Tinea 18 (3): 220-229.
- Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog
- ↑ Markku Savela (June 28, 2004). "Pericallia genus". funet.fi. Retrieved 2009-03-25.
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