Megalopyge obscura

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Megalopyge obscura
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Megalopygidae
Genus: Megalopyge
Species:
M. obscura
Binomial name
Megalopyge obscura
(Schaus, 1905)
Synonyms
  • Cyclara obscuraSchaus, 1905

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

The wingspan is 17 mm. The wings are light greyish brown, the forewings with a broad, diffuse, dark brown postmedial shade, partly edged by wavy whitish lines. There is a black spot at the base and a subterminal black spot at vein 7. [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 obscura". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 16, 2018.
  2. Description of Cyclara obscura in Proceedings of the United States National Museum PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .