Biology:Pericallia
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Short description: Moth genus and species
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Pericallia Hübner, 1820 |
| Species: | P. matronula
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| Binomial name | |
| Pericallia matronula (Linnaeus, 1758)
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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]
The larvae feed on Lonicera, Hieracium, Vaccinium, Fraxinus, Corylus, Quercus species and Prunus padus.
References
- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Pericallia Hübner, [1820"]. https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/arctiidae/arctiinae/pericallia/. 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". Natural History Museum, London. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusList3.dsml?&FAMILY=Arctiidae&sort=GENUS.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q760529 entry
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