Biology:Dysschema centenarium

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Short description: Species of moth

Dysschema centenarium
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Dysschema
Species:
D. centenarium
Binomial name
Dysschema centenarium
(Burmeister, 1879)[1]
Synonyms
  • Eucharia centenarium Burmeister, 1879
  • Pericopis jaonis Strand, 1911
  • Dysschema jaonis
  • Dysschema centenaria (Burmeister, 1878)

Dysschema centenarium is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Hermann Burmeister in 1879. It is found from Argentina and Uruguay to southern Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil .[2]

The larvae feed on the leaves of Eryngium paniculatum in Uruguay and Eryngium eburneum in Argentina.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q15636404 entry