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| Trosia rufa | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Megalopygidae |
| Genus: | Trosia |
| Species: | T. rufa |
| Binomial name | |
| Trosia rufa (E. D. Jones, 1912) | |
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Trosia rufa is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It was described by E. Dukinfield Jones in 1912.[1] It is found in Brazil.
The wingspan is about 28 mm. The forewings are red brown and thinly scaled. There is a postmedial diffused fuscous band, broad beyond the cell, more defined and broken into three spots near the inner margin. The hindwings are bright brick red.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Trosia rufa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
- ↑ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1912
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