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Issue: Vol. 4006 No. 3: 25 Aug. 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-08-25
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4006.3.7
Page range: 540–550
Abstract views: 40
PDF downloaded: 2

Description of four new species of the tiger moth genus Dysschema Hübner (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini, Pericopina)

Curso de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Zoologia), Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo. Rua do Matão, travessa 14, número 321. CEP 05508–900, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Avenida Nazaré 481, 04263–000, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Avenida Nazaré 481, 04263–000, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Lepidoptera morphology taxonomy neotropical new species

Abstract

Description of four new species of the tiger moth genus Dysschema Hübner (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini, Pericopina). Four new species of Pericopina are described, three from southeast of Brazil: Dysschema uriasi Moraes, sp. nov., Dysschema wayneri Moraes, sp. nov., Dysschema amapoarum Moraes & Duarte sp. nov., and one from Mexico: Dysschema tarsoi Moraes sp. nov. Detailed species descriptions are based upon morphological characters. Photographs of habitus, illustrations of genitalia and comments on morphology are provided.