Hysterocladia mirabilis

Hysterocladia mirabilis is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. It was described by Schaus in 1905. It is found in Colombia.[1]

Hysterocladia mirabilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Megalopygidae
Genus:
Hysterocladia
Species:
H. mirabilis
Binomial name
Hysterocladia mirabilis
(Schaus, 1905)
Synonyms
  • Trosia mirabilis Schaus, 1905

The wingspan is about 37 millimetres (1.5 in). The body is white, the front is black, the antennae and vertex bright red and the mid- and fore-legs are brown. The anal hairs are black. The wings are white, the costal margin of the forewings black.[2]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Hysterocladia mirabilis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
  2. "Descriptions of new South American moths". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. BHL. 29: 335.


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