Megalopyge brunneipennis

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Megalopyge brunneipennis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Megalopygidae
Genus: Megalopyge
Species:
M. brunneipennis
Binomial name
Megalopyge brunneipennis
(Schaus, 1905)
Synonyms
  • Cyclara brunneipennisSchaus, 1905
  • Lagoa superbaEdwards, 1884
  • Megalopyge viperaSchaus, 1896

Megalopyge brunneipennis is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It was described by Schaus in 1905. It is found in Brazil. [1]

The wingspan is 53 mm. The forewings are brown, the basal two-thirds with crinkly white scales along the costa, and transverse brownish streaks to the inner margin, and a dark brown spot at the end of the cell. The outer margin is broadly greyish brown without markings. The hindwings are greyish brown. [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). "Megalopyge brunneipennis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 16, 2018.
  2. Description of Megalopyge vipera in Journal of the New York Entomological Society Vol. 4, No. 2 (Jun., 1896)