Dysschema boisduvalii is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Jan van der Hoeven in 1840. It is found in Paraguay, Colombia, Brazil[1] and Argentina.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Dysschema |
| Species: | D. boisduvalii
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| Dysschema boisduvalii (Hoeven, 1840)
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Adults are sexually dimorphic. Males are white with four blackish dots on the forewings, while females are mostly blackish with the dots on the abdomen reduced.
The larvae feed on the leaves of Vernonia species.
References edit
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- ^ Savela, Markku. "Dysschema boisduvallii (van der Hoeven, 1840)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 5, 2019.
- ^ Becker, Vitor O. (15 September 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.