Megalopyge albicollis

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Megalopyge albicollis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Megalopygidae
Genus: Megalopyge
Species:
M. albicollis
Binomial name
Megalopyge albicollis
(Walker, 1855)

Megalopyge albicollis is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. [1]

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References

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