Megalopyge obscura

Megalopyge obscura
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Megalopygidae
Genus:	Megalopyge
Species:	M. obscura
Binomial name
	Megalopyge obscura; (Schaus, 1905)
Synonyms
	Cyclara obscura Schaus, 1905;

Megalopyge obscura is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. It was described by Schaus in 1905. It is found in French Guiana.^[1]

The wingspan is 17 mm. The wings are light greyish brown, the forewings with a broad, diffuse, dark brown postmedial shade, partly edged by wavy whitish lines. There is a black spot at the base and a subterminal black spot at vein 7.^[2]

References

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Megalopyge obscura". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
^ Description of Cyclara obscura in Proceedings of the United States National Museum

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

[2] Description of Cyclara obscura in Proceedings of the United States National Museum

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