Trosia dimas

Trosia dimas
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Megalopygidae
Genus: Trosia
Species: T. dimas
Binomial name
Trosia dimas
(Cramer, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena dimas Cramer, 1775
  • Trosia amarilla Hopp, 1922
  • Trosia donckieri Dognin, 1924
  • Trosia flava Dognin
  • Trosia fumosa Hopp, 1934
  • Trosia incostata Schaus, 1905
  • Sciathos metaleuca Druce, 1906
  • Trosia misda Dyar, 1910
  • Trosia nigra Hopp, 1932
  • Trosia obsolescens Dyar, 1899
  • Trosia rosita Schaus, 1920
  • Trosia tolimata Dognin, 1922
  • Bombyx tricolora Fabricius, 1787

Trosia dimas, the rosy ermine, is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. It was described by Pieter Cramer in 1775.[1] It is found in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Brazil and Peru. The habitat consists of rainforests and cloudforest at altitudes between 300 and 1,700 meters.[2]

The wingspan is about 34 millimetres (1.3 in). The head, abdomen, and legs are reddish, the tarsi black, spotted with white. The collar and thorax are yellowish buff, the latter spotted with red. The forewings are greenish yellow, with a postmedial row of black spots. The hindwings are roseate. The underside is dull roseate. In this species, the costa of the forewings is of the same color as the wing.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Trosia dimas". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
  2. ↑ Moths of the Amazon and Andes
  3. ↑ "Descriptions of new South American moths". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. BHL. 29: 335.


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