Megalopyge tharops

Megalopyge tharops
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Megalopygidae
Genus:	Megalopyge
Species:	M. tharops
Binomial name
	Megalopyge tharops; (Stoll, 1782)
Synonyms
	Attacus tharops Stoll, 1782; Podalia multicollis Schaus, 1905;

Megalopyge tharops is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It was described by Caspar Stoll in 1782. It is found in French Guiana[1] and Brazil.[2]

The wingspan is 31 mm. The forewings are white, with the cell and space below it streaked with grey. The costa is streaked with black for two-thirds from the base and there is a black streak along the median to the end of the cell, as well as an oblique black shade from the cell at vein 2 to near the inner angle. The discocellular is black and the veins on the outer portion are edged with light greyish brown. The fringe is brownish. The hindwings are white, with the inner margin broadly pale brown.[3]

References

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

[2] BOLD Systems

[3] Description of Podalia multicollis in Proceedings of the United States National Museum This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.