Mesoscia dyari

Mesoscia dyari is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. It was described by Schaus in 1912. It is found in Costa Rica.[1]

Mesoscia dyari
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Megalopygidae
Genus:
Mesoscia
Species:
M. dyari
Binomial name
Mesoscia dyari
Schaus, 1912

The wingspan is 29 mm. The costal edge of the forewings is fuscous brown, below it (for two-thirds) is a broad yellowish-white shade, extending at the base to the inner margin. The medial space is fuscous brown, extending to the apex and outer margin below the submedian, where it is met by a paler grey-brown terminal broad shade, which does not extend above vein 4. The outer space is otherwise yellowish white, its inner edge oblique from the apex to vein 5, then incurved, tapering to a point above the submedian. The hindwings are white, the costa broadly, also the inner margin, and the outer margin near the anal angle more narrowly shaded with fuscous grey.[2]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Mesoscia dyari". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
  2. The Annals and magazine of natural history


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