| Pericaliella | |
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| 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 | |
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Pericaliella is a genus of moths 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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| Pericaliella | |
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