Dysschema perplexum

Dysschema perplexum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Dysschema
Species: D. perplexum
Binomial name
Dysschema perplexum
(Schaus, 1910)
Synonyms
  • Pericopis perplexum Schaus, 1910
  • Dysschema perplexa
  • Pericopis guapa Schaus, 1910
  • Dysschema guapa

Dysschema perplexum is a moth of the Erebidae family. It is found in Panama and Costa Rica.[1]

It is a highly dimorphic species. Males are semitransluscent white with transverse fasciae and veins heavily marked with dark grey. The forewings of the females are black crossed by two transverse oblique white bands. They have orange hindwings, resembling Chetone species.[2]

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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