Megalopyge

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Megalopyge
Megalopyge opercularis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Megalopygidae
Genus:	Megalopyge Hübner, 1820
Synonyms
Alpis Walker, 1855 Chrysopyga Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 Cyclara Schaus, 1896 Oylothrix Clemens, 1860 Gasina q8821855 Lagoa Harris, 1841 Lagoa Walker, 1856 Pimela Clemens, 1860 Ochrosoma Herrich-Schäffer, 1856 Zebonda Walker, 1865

Megalopyge is a genus of moths in the family Megalopygidae.

Species

• Megalopyge affinis (Druce, 1887)
• Megalopyge albicollis (Walker, 1855)
• Megalopyge amita Schaus, 1900
• Megalopyge amitina Dognin, 1912
• Megalopyge apicalis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1856)
• Megalopyge braulio Schaus
• Megalopyge brunneipennis (Schaus, 1905)
• Megalopyge chrysocoma (Herrich-Schäffer, 1856)
• Megalopyge crispata (Packard, 1864)
• Megalopyge defoliata (Walker, 1855)
• Megalopyge dyari Hopp, 1935
• Megalopyge hina (Dognin, 1911)
• Megalopyge hyalina (Schaus, 1905)
• Megalopyge immaculata (Cassino, 1928)
• Megalopyge inca Hopp, 1935
• Megalopyge krugii (Dewitz, 1897)
• Megalopyge lacyi (Barnes & McDunnough, 1910)
• Megalopyge lampra Dyar, 1910
• Megalopyge lanata (Stoll, 1780)
• Megalopyge lanceolata Dognin, 1923
• Megalopyge lapena Schaus, 1896
• Megalopyge lecca (Druce, 1890)
• Megalopyge megalopygae (Schaus, 1905)
• Megalopyge nuda (Stoll, 1789)
• Megalopyge obscura (Schaus, 1905)
• Megalopyge opercularis (Smith & Abbot, 1797)
• Megalopyge ovata (Schaus, 1896)
• Megalopyge perseae (Dognin, 1891)
• Megalopyge peruana Hopp, 1935
• Megalopyge pixidifera (Smith & Abbot, 1797)
• Megalopyge ravida (Druce, 1887)
• Megalopyge radiata Schaus, 1892
• Megalopyge salebrosa (Clemens, 1860)
• Megalopyge tharops (Stoll, 1782)
• Megalopyge torva Schaus, 1912
• Megalopyge trossula (Dognin, 1891)
• Megalopyge trujillina Dyar, 1910
• Megalopyge undulata (Herrich-Schäffer, 1858)
• Megalopyge urens Berg, 1882
• Megalopyge uruguayensis Berg, 1882
• Megalopyge victoriana Schaus, 1927
• Megalopyge vulpina Schaus, 1900
• Megalopyge xanthopasa (Sepp, 1828)

Selected former species

• Megalopyge orsilochus (Cramer, [1775])

References

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