Trosia pellucida

Trosia pellucida
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Megalopygidae
Genus:	Trosia
Species:	T. pellucida
Binomial name
	Trosia pellucida; (Möschler, 1877)
Synonyms
	Chrysopype pellucida Möschler, 1877; Podalia darca Dyar, 1910;

Trosia pellucida is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. It was described by Heinrich Benno Möschler in 1877.^[1] It is found in Brazil^[2] and French Guiana.

The wingspan is about 35 mm for males and 55 mm for females. Adults are dark brown, the wings rather thinly scaled. The abdomen with dark yellow hair above, but the segments banded with blackish. The abdomen below, legs, pectus, and front of the head are yellow.^[3]

References

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Trosia pellucida". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
^ BOLD Systems
^ Description of Podalia darca in Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. - Notes on Megalopygidae This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Trosia pellucida". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 16, 2018.

[2] BOLD Systems

[3] Description of Podalia darca in Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. - Notes on Megalopygidae This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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