title: Description of four new species of the tiger moth genus Dysschema Hübner (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini, Pericopina).
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.
authors.affiliation: 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; Email: simeao_moraes@yahoo.com.br.
authors.forename: Simeão De Souza
authors.initials: Sde S
authors.lastname: Moraes
authors.affiliation: Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Avenida Nazaré 481, 04263-000, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Marcelo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Duarte
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D009036:Moths / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D010802:Phylogeny; D013045:Species Specificity