Psychagrapha

Psychagrapha is a genus of moths in the family Megalopygidae described by Francis Walker in 1855. The genus was established in the Psychidae, but was transferred to the Megalopygidae by David Stephen Fletcher and I. W. B. Nye in 1982.

Psychagrapha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Megalopygidae
Genus:
Psychagrapha

Walker, 1855[1]
Synonyms
  • Psychographa Kirby, 1892

Species
  • Psychagrapha floccosa Walker, 1855

References
  1. Combinations and Synonymies in New World Llmacodidae, Megalopygidae, Lasiocampidae and Arctiidae (Lepidoptera)
  • Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Psychagraph Walker, 1855". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved April 3, 2018.


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