Megalopyge ravida
| Megalopyge ravida | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Megalopygidae |
| Genus: | Megalopyge |
| Species: | M. ravida |
| Binomial name | |
| Megalopyge ravida (Druce, 1887) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Megalopyge ravida is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1887. It is found in Mexico.[1]
The wingspan is about 25 mm.[2] The fore- and hindwings are white, the forewings shaded with brown from the base to about the middle and beyond crossed from the costal margin to near the inner margin by a row of indistinct brown spots. The head and thorax are dusty and the abdomen is whitish.[3]
References
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Megalopyge ravida". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
- ↑ New species of Lepidoptera in the United States National Museum
- ↑ Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 214
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