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.^[1]

Phylum:Arthropoda

Clade:Pancrustacea

Class:Insecta

Order:Lepidoptera

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Pericyma mendax
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Pericyma
Species:	P. mendax
Binomial name
Pericyma mendax (Walker, 1858)
Synonyms
Alamis mendax Walker, 1858 Dugaria cilipes Walker, 1858 Homoptera delineosa Walker, 1858 Homoptera disjuncta Walker, 1865

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It has a wingspan of approx. 40mm. Host plants of the larvae are Acacia mearnsii^[2] and Acacia sp.^[3] Fabaceae