Biology:Dysschema eurocilia
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Short description: Species of moth
Dysschema eurocilia | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Genus: | Dysschema |
Species: | D. eurocilia
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Binomial name | |
Dysschema eurocilia (Cramer, 1777)
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Dysschema eurocilia is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Pieter Cramer in 1777. It is a common species throughout tropical America,[1] where it has been recorded from the Antilles, Central America (including Costa Rica, Panama and Guatemala) and South America (including Paraguay, Brazil , Suriname, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador).[2]
It is a highly variable species, especially the females.
The larvae feed on the leaves of Vernonia species and Lepidaploa canescens.
References
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- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Dysschema eurocilia (Cramer, [1777)"]. https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/arctiidae/pericopinae/dysschema/#eurocilia. Retrieved September 5, 2019.
Wikidata ☰ Q13523163 entry
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