Dysschema neda (Klug, 1836)

Moraes, Simeão de Souza, Freitas, André Victor Lucci & Silva-Brandão, Karina Lucas, 2025, Illustrated catalogue of Pericopina (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) in the Museum of Nature Hamburg – Zoology, Evolutionary Systematics 9 (1), pp. 123-134 : 123-134

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.9.150930

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:04EA2B76-CFE2-43B3-A3AE-7D4FB987D781

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15586215

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5A734828-E2B5-5AEB-B252-A24A7E3FD45A

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Evolutionary Systematics by Pensoft

scientific name

Dysschema neda (Klug, 1836)
status

 

Dysschema neda (Klug, 1836) View in CoL

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Remarks.

A sexually dimorphic species, with females usually rare in collections. Females have wing patterns similar to that of D. amphissa . It differs from the latter by having a completely brown head, well-delineated spots on the prothoracic collar, and a darker background on the forewings, with semi-hyaline spots approximated. Kirby (1892) considered males and females as distinct species. Hering (1925) mistakenly associated males of D. fanatica with females of D. neda .

Material examined.

2 males, Brazil, Santa Catarina, Hansa?; 1 male, Brazil, Santa Catarina, New Bremen [ Seara municipality]; 1 female, Rio de Janeiro.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Erebidae

SubFamily

Arctiinae

Genus

Dysschema