Dysschema aorsa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Noctuoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Erebidae
Subfamilia: Arctiinae
Tribus: Arctiini
Subtribus: Pericopina
Genus: Dysschema
Species: Dysschema aorsa

Name

Dysschema aorsa (Boisduval, 1870): 85

Type locality: [Guatemala].

Holotype: BMNH. Holotype Female by monotypy.

Synonyms

Chetone aorsa Boisduval, 1870 (Original combination)
Pericopis lucretia Butler, 1875: 340
- Type locality: [Panama], Veragua[s]
- Holotype female by monotypy. BMNH
Pericopis umbra Druce, 1885: 113
- Type locality: [El] Salvador.
- Holotype [female] by monotypy (ZMB, not found)
Pericopis recta Hering, 1925: 442
- Type locality: Colombia, [Valle del] Cauca
- Female Holotype by monotypy ZMB

Note: Becker, 2013 considered D. aorsa as a synonym of D. eurocilia. But was not followed by Vincent & Laguerre, 2014, and by Lamas, 2017. Moraes et al., 2022 confirmed the status of separate species for D. aorsa.

References

Primary references

Boisduval, J.-A. 1870. Considerations sur les Lépidoptères envoyés du Guatemala à M. de l'Orza. 100 pp., Rennes. Web Reference page.

Additional references

Becker, V.O. 2013. Taxonomic changes in the Neotropical Pericopina and Ctenuchina moths (Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini), with description of new taxa. The Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, 46: 53–66. BHL DOI: 10.5962/p.332188 Reference page.
Vincent, B. & Laguerre, M. 2014. Catalogue of the Neotropical Arctiini Leach, [1815] (except Ctenuchina Kirby, 1837 and Euchromiina Butler, 1876) (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae). Zoosystema 36(2): 137–533. DOI: 10.5252/z2014n2a1 Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Lamas, G. 2017. An annotated checklist of the Pericopina (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini). Zootaxa 4319(2): 263–316. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4319.2.2. Reference page.
Souza Moraes, S. de, Gueratto, P., Pereira Dos Santos, J., Santos, M.H., Freitas, A.V.L. & Duarte, M. 2022. Niche modelling and comparative morphology untangle taxonomy of the Dysschema eurocilia clade (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) and reveal a relictual Pleistocene Arc distribution. Systematics and biodiversity 20:1 [1]. Reference page.