Summary description from Wikipedia:

Megalopyge opercularis in languages:

English

Southern Flannel Moth

English

Trumpapillar

English

puss caterpillar

English

Asp Caterpillar

German

Südliche Flanellmotte

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Parent Taxon

• Megalopyge

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

Child Taxa

• Megalopyge opercularis albizona

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