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Dysschema eurocilia

Dysschema eurocilia


Family: Erebidae
Order: Lepidoptera
Class: Insecta
Phylum / Division: Arthropoda
Kingdom: Animalia

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Dysschema eurocilia is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Pieter Cramer in 1777. 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, Suriname, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador).

It is a highly variable species, especially the females.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Vernonia species and Lepidaploa canescens.

Source: Wikipedia, article Dysschema eurocilia. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 17/07/2026.





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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
42340525/09/2015ArgentinaMisionesReserva Privada y Ecolodge SurucuáAlec Earnshaw
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Dysschema eurocilia – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 24/09/2026.