Megalopyge ravida
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| Megalopyge ravida | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Megalopygidae |
| Genus: | Megalopyge |
| Species: | M. ravida
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| Binomial name | |
| Megalopyge ravida (H. Druce, 1887)
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Megalopyge ravida is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1887. It is found in Mexico.[1] The wingspan is about 25 mm.[2] The forewings 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"
- ↑ Biologia Centrali-Americana: Lepidoptera Heterocera 1: 214 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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