Norape xantholopha

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Norape xantholopha
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Megalopygidae
Genus: Norape
Species:
N. xantholopha
Binomial name
Norape xantholopha
Dyar, 1914
Synonyms
  • Norape corporalisHopp, 1927

Norape xantholopha is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1914. It is found in Panama, Guatemala, Colombia and Peru. [1]

The wingspan is 35 mm. Adults are white, the forewings without appressed lines and the costa white below. [2]

Subspecies

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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Norape xantholopha". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 16, 2018.
  2. Proc. U.S. nat. Mus. 47 (2050): 251