Macara purens

Macara purens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Megalopygidae
Genus:	Macara
Species:	M. purens
Binomial name
	Macara purens; (Schaus, 1905)
Synonyms
	Trosia purens Schaus, 1905; Sulychra mataca Schaus, 1929;

Macara purens is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. It was described by Schaus in 1905. It is found in French Guiana.[1]

The wingspan is about 35 millimetres (1.4 in). The body is white and the face, tarsi, fore tibiae and coxae are black. The wings are silvery white, the forewings with the costa finely black, which does not reach the apex.[2]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Macara purens". 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). "Macara purens". 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.