Pericyma squalens

Pericyma squalens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Pericyma
Species: P. squalens
Binomial name
Pericyma squalens
Lederer, 1855

Pericyma squalens is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in south-eastern Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Lebanon, Israel and Jordan.

There are multiple generations per year. Adults are on wing from March to August.

The larvae possibly feed on Alhagi species.


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