Pericaliella

Pericaliella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Tribe: Spilosomini
Genus: Pericaliella
Dubatolov, 2006
Species: P. melanodisca
Binomial name
Pericaliella melanodisca
(Hampson, 1907)
Type species
Diacrisia melanodisca
Hampson, 1907
Synonyms
  • Diacrisia melanodisca Hampson, 1907

Pericaliella is a genus of moth in the subfamily Arctiinae that is known from the Afrotropics. It includes one species Pericaliella melanodisca (Hampson, 1907) from Cameroon, Zaire, Uganda and Rwanda.

References

  • Dubatolov, V.V., 2006: New genera and species of Arctiinae from the Afrotropical fauna (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Nachrichten des entomologische Vereins Apollo 27 (3): 139-152.
  • Goodger, D.T. & Watson, A., 1995: The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths. An illustrated catalogue, with generic diagnosis and species distribution, of the Afrotropical Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). – Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books Aps., 55 pp.


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