Dysschema mariamne

Dysschema mariamne
Female
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Dysschema
Species: D. mariamne
Binomial name
Dysschema mariamne
(Warren, 1904)[1]
Synonyms
  • Eucharia mariamne Geyer, [1835]
  • Pericopis mariamne f. fenestrata Butler, 1872
  • Pericopis fenestrata Butler, 1872
  • Daritis fenestrata
  • Pericopis fenestrata

Dysschema mariamne is a moth of the Erebidae family. It is found in Mexico and Guatemala.

Taxonomy

Dysschema mariamne has been considered a synonym of Dysschema thetis. There are two populations involved: one ranging from the south-western United States to north-western Mexico, which has the forewings underside tinged dark grey (these are known as Dysschema howardi, and another, from eastern Mexico to Panama, with the forewings underside tinged orange, known as thetis. However, the lectotype of thetis belongs to the first population, whereas mariamne belongs to the second. It is likely that both populations belong to one species. Further study is needed.[2]

References

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