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Megalopygidae

660061.00 – 4644 – Megalopyge crispata (Packard, 1864) – Black-waved Flannel Moth

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Synonymy:	• Lagoa crispata Packard, 1864 • Lagoa grisea Barnes & McDunnough, 1910
Taxonomic Notes:	Megalopyge crispata was listed in the genus Lagoa in the Hodges 1983 Checklist. This genus was treated as a synonym of Megalopyge by Neumoegen & Dyar (1894). This synonymy was reversed and then reapplied several times since. Becker (1995) reinstated the synonymy.

References

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Some specimens shown may not be sequenced. DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness not proof of identification.
Becker, V.O., 1995. Megalopygidae, in J.B. Heppner (ed.), Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 2: Hyblaedoidea, Pyraloidea, Tortricoidea. Association for Tropical Lepidoptera and Scientific Publishers, 118-122.
Epstein, M., 1996. Revision and phylogeny of the Limacodid-Group families, with evolutionary studies on Slug Caterpillars (Lepidoptera: Zygaenoidea). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 582: 1-102.
Hall et al., 2021. The Moths of North Carolina - website (identification, habitats and life history)
Species Page at BugGuide.Net