Pericallia

Pericallia is a monotypic of tiger moth genus in the family Erebidae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1820. Its only species, Pericallia matronula, was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. It 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]

Pericallia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Pericallia
Hübner, 1820
Species:
P. matronula
Binomial name
Pericallia matronula
Synonyms
  • Phalaena matronula
  • Pleretes matronula agassizi

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

References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Pericallia Hübner, [1820]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  • 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.
  • Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.


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