Dysschema pictum

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

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

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

References
  1. Savela, Markku. "Dysschema picta (Guérin-Méneville, [1844])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
  2. Becker, Vitor O. (September 15, 2013). "Taxonomic changes in the Neotropical Pericopina and Ctenuchina moths (Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini), with description of new taxa" (PDF). The Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera. 46: 53–66. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 24, 2013.


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