Biology:Dysschema thetis
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Short description: Species of moth
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Dysschema |
| Species: | D. thetis
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| Dysschema thetis (Klug, 1836)
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Dysschema thetis, the northern giant flag moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Johann Christoph Friedrich Klug in 1836. It is found from the south-western United States to north-western Mexico.[1]
The larvae feed on Asteraceae species.[3]
Taxonomy
Dysschema thetis and Dysschema mariamne have historically been regarded as synonyms; however, the lectotype of thetis belongs to the same population historically known as D. howardi, therefore making these two synonyms, while mariamne is the correct name for the more southern species.[4]
References
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- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Dysschema thetis (Klug, 1836)". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/arctiidae/pericopinae/dysschema/#thetis. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
- ↑ "930358.00 – 8040 – Dysschema howardi – Northern Giant Flag Moth – (Edwards, 1886)". Mississippi State University. http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=8040. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
- ↑ Balaban, John and Jane (November 4, 2015). "Species Dysschema howardi - Northern Giant Flag Moth - Hodges#8040". https://bugguide.net/node/view/85969. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
- ↑ Becker, Vitor O. (September 15, 2013). "Taxonomic changes in the Neotropical Pericopina and Ctenuchina moths (Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini), with description of new taxa". The Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 46: 53–66. http://www.lepidopteraresearchfoundation.org/journals/46/jrl_46_53_66.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q15636417 entry
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