Trosia nigropunctigera | |
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Mount Totumas cloud forest, Panama | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Megalopygidae |
Genus: | Trosia |
Species: | T. nigropunctigera |
Binomial name | |
Trosia nigropunctigera D. S. Fletcher, 1982 | |
Trosia nigropunctigera, commonly known as the rosy ermine moth, is a lepidopteran in the family Megalopygidae native to the Neotropics. These moths are distributed across Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Ecuador and Peru. [1] The species was first described by David Stephen Fletcher in 1982. [2]
The thorax of Trosia nigropunctigera is densely clad with short hairs and is white or straw-coloured with six distinct red spots. The forewings are white or pale straw colour with a single row of black spots running across parallel with the rear margin. The head, abdomen, legs, and forewings are pink or red. [3]
Trosia nigropunctigera is native to the rainforests and cloudforests of Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Ecuador and Peru. It is found at altitudes of between about 400 and 1,200 m (1,300 and 3,900 ft). [3]
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