Norape beggoides
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Megalopygidae |
| Genus: | Norape |
| Species: | N. beggoides
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| Binomial name | |
| Norape beggoides (Dyar, 1910)
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Norape beggoides is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1910.[1] It is found in Brazil.
The wingspan is about 34 mm for males and 50 mm for females. Adults are white, with the wings smooth and silky. The costa of the forewings is black and the head is strongly tinged with yellow, the thorax and the abdomen less strongly so. The orbits, palpi, pectus, and all the tarsi are black.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Norape beggoides". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
- ^ Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. - Notes on Megalopygidae
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