Megalopyge nuda
Megalopyge nuda is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. It was described by Caspar Stoll in 1789. It is found in Guyana and Paraguay.[1]
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There are double confluent and smoky lines on the veins of the forewings of the males. These are broadly obsolete in the tornal area. Females have dark grey wings, with the double vein-linings faintly or not at all indicated.
The larvae dense white hairs. The hairs are arched, rather long, but even except for four erect black slightly curling tufts along the dorsal line, one near each end, two in the middle, close together. The subventral hair is short, mixed with orange and obliquely down-turned to a row of short black hairs. The head is black.[2]
References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Megalopyge nuda". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
- Description of Megalopyge partheniata in Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington
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