Peridroma clerica

Peridroma clerica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Peridroma
Species: P. clerica
Binomial name
Peridroma clerica
(Butler, 1882)
Synonyms
  • Agrotis clerica Butler, 1882
  • Agrotis carbonifera Mabille, 1885
  • Agrotis punta-arenae Staudinger, 1899

Peridroma clerica is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Valparaíso to the Magallanes and Antartica Chilena Region in Chile and Chubut and Neuquén in Argentina.

The wingspan is 40-46 mm. Adults are on wing from August to May.

Larval food plants include beet, tomato and clover.

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