Macara nigripes

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Macara nigripes
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Megalopygidae
Genus: Macara
Species:
M. nigripes
Binomial name
Macara nigripes
(Dyar, 1909)
Synonyms
  • Trosia nigripesDyar, 1909

Macara nigripes is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1909. It is found in Guyana [1] and Honduras.

The wingspan is about 42 mm. The body and wings above are entirely pure white, the forewings crossed by irregular bands of more shining scales. The wings and body are white beneath. [2]

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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Macara nigripes". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 16, 2018.
  2. Zoologica; scientific contributions of the New York Zoological Society PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .