Microcladia pygmaea

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Microcladia pygmaea
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Megalopygidae
Genus: Microcladia
Species:
M. pygmaea
Binomial name
Microcladia pygmaea
Hopp, 1927

Microcladia pygmaea is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It was described by Walter Hopp in 1927. [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). "Microcladia pygmaea". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 16, 2018.