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Common Name:
Flannel Moth

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass:
Order: Lepidoptera
Suborder:
Infraorder:
Superfamily: Zygaenoidea
Family: Megalopygidae
Subfamily:
Tribe:
Species:
Megalopyge opercularis

Checklist No:

Location:
ASA Wright Nature Centre
, Tunapuna-Piarco
Trinidad and Tobago
GPS: 10.717403,-61.298306

Date: 3/23/15

Stage: Adult
Sex:
Notes: or pellita. Thanks to Matthew Cock for tentative identification

Image at BugGuide:

Megalopyge opercularis Megalopygidae
Flannel Moth
Identifications represent best guesses on my part and are not intended to be authoritative.
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