Hysterocladia mirabilis

Hysterocladia mirabilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Megalopygidae
Genus:	Hysterocladia
Species:	H. mirabilis
Binomial name
	Hysterocladia mirabilis; (Schaus, 1905)
Synonyms
	Trosia mirabilis Schaus, 1905;

Hysterocladia mirabilis is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. It was described by Schaus in 1905. It is found in Colombia.[1]

The wingspan is about 37 millimetres (1.5 in). The body is white, the front is black, the antennae and vertex bright red and the mid- and fore-legs are brown. The anal hairs are black. The wings are white, the costal margin of the forewings black.[2]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Hysterocladia mirabilis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
"Descriptions of new South American moths". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. BHL. 29: 335.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Hysterocladia mirabilis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 16, 2018.

[2] "Descriptions of new South American moths". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. BHL. 29: 335.