Hysterocladia mirabilis
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Megalopygidae |
Genus: | Hysterocladia |
Species: | H. mirabilis
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Binomial name | |
Hysterocladia mirabilis (Schaus, 1905)
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Hysterocladia mirabilis is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. It was described by Schaus in 1905. It is found in Colombia.[1]
The wingspan is about 37 millimetres (1.5 in). The body is white, the front is black, the antennae and vertex bright red and the mid- and fore-legs are brown. The anal hairs are black. The wings are white, the costal margin of the forewings black.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Hysterocladia mirabilis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
- ^ "Descriptions of new South American moths". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 29. BHL: 335. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.