Megalopyge krugii: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Megalopygidae
- Genus
- Megalopyge
- Species
- Megalopyge krugii
- Scientific Name
- Megalopyge krugii
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Megalopyge krugii
Megalopyge krugii is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It was described by Hermann Dewitz in 1897.
Found in Puerto Rico, hundreds may congregate together, and contact with the skin will cause a stinging sensation.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Megalopyge affinis
- Megalopyge albicollis
- Megalopyge amita
- Megalopyge amitina
- Megalopyge basalis
- Megalopyge bissesa
- Megalopyge braulio
- Megalopyge briseis
- Megalopyge brunneipennis
- Megalopyge chacona
- Megalopyge chrysocoma
- Megalopyge costaricensis
- Megalopyge crispata
- Megalopyge defoliata
- Megalopyge dyari
- Megalopyge govana
- Megalopyge hina
- Megalopyge hyalina
- Megalopyge immaculata
- Megalopyge inca
- Megalopyge incachaca
- Megalopyge krugii
- Megalopyge lacyi
- Megalopyge lampra
- Megalopyge lanata
- Megalopyge lanceolata
- Megalopyge lapena
- Megalopyge lecca
- Megalopyge megalopygae
- Megalopyge melaina
- Megalopyge nuda
- Megalopyge obscura
- Megalopyge opercularis
- Megalopyge ornata
- Megalopyge ovata
- Megalopyge pellita
- Megalopyge perseae
- Megalopyge peruana
- Megalopyge pyxidifera
- Megalopyge radiata
- Megalopyge ravida
- Megalopyge salebrosa
- Megalopyge sevarina
- Megalopyge tharops
- Megalopyge torva
- Megalopyge trossula
- Megalopyge trujillina
- Megalopyge trujillo
- Megalopyge undulata
- Megalopyge urens
- Megalopyge uruguayensis
- Megalopyge victoriana
- Megalopyge vulpina
- Megalopyge xanthopasa