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Pericyma cruegeri (Butler, 1886) – Poinciana Looper
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Pericyma cruegeri – Poinciana Looper
Early Stages:
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Larval Host Plants:
Pericyma cruegeri (Butler, 1886) – Poinciana Looper - Delonix sp. (Fabaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
Identification:
Sexual, seasonal & individual variation:
Status, Habitat and Habits:
Adult moth observations that have been databased:
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Uttarakhand | ||||||||||||
| All states |
Similiar species:
Pericyma Herrich-Schäffer, [1851] species from India. Most of the species display polymorphism.
Pericyma albidens (Walker, 1865) (Moepa). S. India.
Pericyma cruegeri (Butler, 1886) (Homoptera). India.
Pericyma detersa (Walker, 1865) (Homoptera). N India.
Pericyma glaucinans (Guenée, 1852) (Alamis). India, Bangladesh.
Pericyma umbrina (Guenée, 1852) (Alamis). India.
References:
- OD: Homoptera cruegeri Butler, 1886. Trans. ent. Soc. London. Pg. 411. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50990#page/445/mode/1up
- Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana. 2005. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuidae. An Illustrated Catalogue of the Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) in Thailand: Part 1: Herminiinae, Rivulinae, Hypeninae, Catocalinae, Aganainae, Euteliinae, Stictopterinae, Plusiinae, Pantheinae, Acronictinae and Agaristinae. Pl 22/14.
- http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/80_Noctuidae/09Catocalinae/4242_Pericyma_cruegeri/Pericyma%20cruegeri.htm
- http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-15-16/pericymini/pericymini_1_1.php
- http://www.nbair.res.in/insectpests/Pericyma-cruegeri.php
- http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/cato/cruegeri.html
Lepidoptera > Noctuoidea > Erebidae > Erebinae > Pericymini > Pericyma
Cite this page along with its URL as:
Pal, S. 2022. Pericyma cruegeri (Butler, 1886) – Poinciana Looper. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Moths of India, v. 3.21. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. http://www.mothsofindia.org/sp/356535/Pericyma-cruegeri
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