Dysschema subapicalis is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1854. It is restricted to the Atlantic forests of south-eastern Brazil.[1]

Dysschema subapicalis
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. subapicalis
Binomial name
Dysschema subapicalis
(Walker, 1854)
Synonyms
  • Pericopis subapicalis Walker, 1854
  • Pericopis f. parnassiodes Walker, 1854
  • Addua inclusa Walker, 1862
  • Pericopis tristis Walker, 1869
  • Pericopis noctuites Butler, 1872
  • Pericopis pagasa Dognin, 1919

Adults are sexually dimorphic.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Dysschema subapicalis (Walker, 1854)". 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.