Biology:Dysschema boisduvalii

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Short description: Species of moth

Dysschema boisduvalii
Dysschema boisduvalii.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
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 boisduvallii (Hoeven, 1840)

Dysschema boisduvalii is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Jan van der Hoeven in 1840. 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

Wikidata ☰ Q13523174 entry