Dysschema luctuosum

Dysschema luctuosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Dysschema
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 Erebidae family. 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. ↑ Dysschema at funet
  2. ↑ Taxonomic changes in the Neotropical Pericopina and Ctenuchina moths (Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini), with description of new taxa
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