Dysschema thetis
Dysschema thetis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Dysschema |
Species: | D. thetis |
Binomial name | |
Dysschema thetis (Klug, 1836) | |
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Dysschema thetis, the Northern Giant Flag Moth, is a moth of the Erebidae family. It is found from the south-western United States to north-western Mexico.[1]
The larvae feed on Asteraceae species.[3]
Taxonomy
Dysschema thetis and Dysschema mariamne have historically been regarded as synonyms; however, the lectotype of thetis belongs to the same population historically known as D. howardi, therefore making these two synonyms, while mariamne is the correct name for the more southern species.[4]
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