Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Erebidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Dysschema | |
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Dysschema eurocilia is a moth of the Erebidae family. It is a common species throughout tropical America, where it has been recorded from the Antilles, Central America (including Costa Rica, Panama and Guatemala) and South America (including Paraguay, Brazil, Surinam, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador).
It is a and highly variable species, especially the females.
The larvae feed on the leaves of Vernonia species and Lepidaploa canescens.
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