About Pericallia matronula (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pericallia matronula (Linnaeus, 1758), also referenced as Arctia matronula, is a species of tiger moth belonging to the family Erebidae. It was first formally described by Carl Linnaeus in the 10th edition of his work Systema Naturae, published in 1758. This moth species is distributed across central and eastern Europe, Kazakhstan, southern Siberia, northern Mongolia, the Amur Region, Primorye, Sakhalin, Kunashir, northern and northeastern China, Korea, and Japan. The larvae of Pericallia matronula feed on species of Lonicera, Hieracium, Vaccinium, Fraxinus, Corylus, and Quercus, as well as Prunus padus. Following phylogenetic research published by Rönkä et al. in 2016, this species was reclassified to the genus Arctia.
