Dysschema amphissum

Dysschema amphissum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Dysschema
Species: D. amphissum
Binomial name
Dysschema amphissum
(Geyer, 1832)
Synonyms
  • Episteme amphissum Geyer, 1832
  • Episteme amphissa
  • Dysschema amphissa
  • Pericopis fenestrata Walker, 1855
  • Pericopis vestalis Butler, 1871
  • Pericopis f. subguttata Walker, 1854

Dysschema amphissum is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in south-eastern Brazil, ranging from southern Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro, south to Rio Grande do Sul.

Females are diurnal and mimic Actinote species.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Taxonomic changes in the Neotropical Pericopina and Ctenuchina moths (Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini), with description of new taxa


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