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]

Dysschema centenarium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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
Synonyms
  • Eucharia centenarium Burmeister, 1879
  • Pericopis jaonis Strand, 1911
  • Dysschema jaonis
  • Dysschema centenaria (Burmeister, 1878)

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

References edit

  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Dysschema centenaria (Burmeister, 1878)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 5, 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.