Edebessa

Edebessa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Megalopygidae
Genus:	Edebessa Walker, 1856

Edebessa is a genus of moths in the family Megalopygidae erected by Francis Walker in 1856.

Species

• Edebessa bicolor (Möschler, 1883)
• Edebessa placida (E. D. Jones, 1912)
• Edebessa purens (Walker, 1855)

Former species

• Edebessa circumcincta (Schaus, 1905)
• Edebessa nigrorufa (Walker, 1865)

References

• Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Edebessa​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 16, 2018.