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Dysschema irene

Dysschema irene


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 irene. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 16/07/2026.





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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
62117714/09/2017ArgentinaMisionesSendero Macuco, Parque Nacional IguazúGustavo Fernando Durán
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Dysschema irene – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 21/09/2026.