Biology:Dysschema pictum

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Short description: Species of moth

Dysschema pictum
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Dysschema
Species:
D. pictum
Binomial name
Dysschema pictum
(Guérin-Méneville, [1844])
Synonyms
  • Callimorpha pictum Guérin-Méneville, [1844]
  • Dysschema picta
  • Pericopis capella Druce, 1899
  • Pericopis indecisa Walker, 1854
  • Pericopis lucifer Butler, 1873
  • Dysschema lucifer

Dysschema pictum is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville in 1844. It is found in Brazil .[1]

The larvae feed on the leaves of Mikania hirsutissima, Senecio brasiliensis and Vernonia polyanthes.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q15636424 entry