Megalopyge radiata: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Megalopygidae
- Genus
- Megalopyge
- Species
- Megalopyge radiata
- Scientific Name
- Megalopyge radiata
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Megalopyge radiata
Megalopyge radiata is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It was described by William Schaus in 1892. It is found in Mexico and Brazil.
The wingspan is 54 mm. Adults are brown, the basal half of the forewings below the median vein much darker and outwardly bordered with white, where white lines extend towards the outer margin. At the end of the cell is a large velvety brown spot and beyond the cell white lines radiate towards the apex and outer margin. The hindwings are brown.
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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