Mesoscia pascora

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Mesoscia pascora
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Megalopygidae
Genus: Mesoscia
Species:
M. pascora
Binomial name
Mesoscia pascora
Schaus, 1900

Mesoscia pascora is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It was described by William Schaus in 1900. [1] It is found in Brazil.

The wingspan is about 25 mm. The forewings are white with a black spot at the base, surmounted by pinkish scales. The costa is black at the base and there is a dark grey band from the inner margin where it is broad, and narrowing towards the apex, broken by the whitish veins. A terminal row of grey spots does not reach apex. The hindwings are whitish, with the inner margin grey and a grey shade from the inner margin to the costa near the apex. There is a terminal row of grey spots and the fringe is grey at the base. [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). "Mesoscia pascora". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 11, 2018.
  2. Schaus, William (December 1900). "New Species of Heterocera from Tropical America". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 8: 229.PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.