Dysschema luctuosum

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Dysschema luctuosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Family:
Genus:
Species:
D. luctuosum
Binomial name
Dysschema luctuosum
(Dognin, 1919)
Synonyms
  • Pericopis luctuosum Dognin, 1919
  • Dysschema luctuosa
  • Pericopis aethiops Hering, 1928
  • Dysschema aethiops

Dysschema luctuosum is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Paul Dognin in 1919. It is found along the south-eastern coast of Brazil, from Rio de Janeiro to Santa Catarina.[1]

The male hindwings have two forms: melanic and with a white ground colour.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Dysschema luctuosa (Dognin, 1919)". 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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