Brown Shades (Pericyma mendax)

Brown Shades, a reference photo — Photo: Tonton Bernardo · CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)

Pericyma mendax is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found most countries in subtropical Africa south of the Sahara, in Cape Verde, Mauritius, La Réunion and Madagascar.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Brown Shades being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Pericyma cruegeri
Zale lunata
Zale minerea

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Pericyma
Species: Pericyma mendax

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