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Megalopygidae 660059.00 – 4642 – Megalopyge pyxidifera – Yellow Flannel Moth – (Smith, 1797)

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Taxonomic Notes: Megalopyge (= Lagoa) immaculata 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

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. Species Page at BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data System Species Page at BugGuide.Net

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