Megalopyge braulio

Megalopyge braulio is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. It was described by Schauss in 1924. It is found in Paraguay.[1]

Megalopyge braulio
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Megalopygidae
Genus:
Megalopyge
Species:
M. braulio
Binomial name
Megalopyge braulio
Schauss, 1924

The wingspan is about 30 mm for males and 39 mm for females. The male forewings are drab with some white at the base and a bister subbasal point, as well as a white shade at the end of the cell, enclosing a fuscous discal spot. There is a whitish postmedial shade from which white streaks extend on the interspaces to near the termen, the veins terminally finely streaked with white. The basal half of the costa has white streaks above and below the costal vein. The hindwings are whitish, the veins broadly drab. Females have no white on the termen of the forewings, but do have a white wavy line on the basal half of the costa, and the usual crinkly hairs from the base to beyond the middle, the postmedial white hairs forming wavy lines. The hindwings are thinly scaled, with brown hair, the veins slightly darker.[2]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Megalopyge braulio". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
  2. Proceedings of the United States National Museum - New species of moths in the United States National Museum


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