Dysschema boisduvalii

Dysschema boisduvalii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Dysschema
Species: D. boisduvalii
Binomial name
Dysschema boisduvalii
(Hoeven, 1840)
Synonyms
  • Glaucopis boisduvalii Hoeven, 1840
  • Pericopis principalis Jörgensen, 1935
  • Dysschema principalis
  • Pericopis regalis Jörgensen, 1935
  • Dysschema regalis
  • Pericopis rubripicta Butler, 1872
  • Daritis trapeziata Walker, 1854
  • Dysschema trapeziata
  • Pericopis trapeziata
  • Mazaeras woodii Butler, 1867
  • Arctia funeralis Herrich-Schäffer, [1856]

Dysschema boisduvalii is a moth of the Erebidae family. It is found in Paraguay, Colombia, Brazil[1] and Argentina.[2]

Adults are sexually dimorphic. Males are white with four blackish dots on the forewings, while females are mostly blackish with the dots on the abdomen reduced.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Vernonia species.

References

  1. ↑ Dysschema at funet
  2. ↑ Taxonomic changes in the Neotropical Pericopina and Ctenuchina moths (Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini), with description of new taxa
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