Dysschema eurocilia | |
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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. eurocilia
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Binomial name | |
Dysschema eurocilia (
Cramer, 1777)
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Synonyms | |
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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.
Dysschema eurocilia | |
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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. eurocilia
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Binomial name | |
Dysschema eurocilia (
Cramer, 1777)
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Synonyms | |
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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.