Microrape shilluca

Microrape shilluca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Megalopygidae
Genus:	Microrape
Species:	M. shilluca
Binomial name
	Microrape shilluca; Schaus, 1929

Last updated April 24, 2019

Microrape shilluca is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. It was described by William Schaus in 1929. It is found in Brazil.^[1]

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The wingspan is 22 mm. The body is white, and the forelegs light drab. The wings are white, somewhat silvery and rather thinly scaled.^[2]

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Microrape is a genus of moth in the family Megalopygidae.

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Microrape cristata is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. It was described by Hopp in 1927. It is found in Brazil.

Microrape filata is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. It was described by Hopp in 1927. It is found in Colombia.

Microrape gnathata is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. It was described by Hopp in 1927. It is found in Peru.

Microrape hippopotama is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. It was described by Hopp in 1927. It is found in Colombia.

Microrape simplex is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. It was described by Hopp in 1927. It is found in Peru.

Microrape signata is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. It was described by Hopp in 1930. It is found in Brazil.

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Microrape jasminatus is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. It was described by Paul Dognin in 1893. It is found in Brazil, Bolivia and Ecuador.

Microrape minuta is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1886. It is found in Panama and Costa Rica.

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References

↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Microrape shilluca". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 17, 2018.
↑ Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Microrape shilluca". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 17, 2018.

[2] Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington