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Megalopygidae

[¦meg·ə·lō′pij·ə‚dē]
(invertebrate zoology)
The flannel moths, a small family of lepidopteran insects in the suborder Heteroneura.
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3 0 Megalopygidae Megalopyge albicollis 0 0 (Walker, 1855) Pterocladia roseata 2 0 (Hopp, 1922) Podalia sp.
similis Zygaenoidea Megalopygidae Megalopyge opercularis Colchlididae Sibine stimulea Notodontidae Thaumetopoeidae T.
Family pecies pohliana ferruginata Arctiidae Lophocampa citrina (Sepp., [1852]) x -- Elachistidae Stenoma hoplitica (Meyrick, 1925) x -- Stenoma ochropa Walsingham, 1913 -- x Geometridae Pleuroprucha asthenaria (Walker, 1861) -- x Hesperiidae Sophista latifasciata (Spitz, 1930) x x Megalopygidae Podalia albescens (Schaus, 1900) x x Noctuiidae Epidromia conspersata Dognin, 1912 -- x Oecophoridae Inga phaeocrossa (Meyrick, 1912) -- x Pyralidae Quadraforma obliqualis (Hampson, 1906) x x Riodinidae Anteros lectabilis Stichel, 1909 -- x Parcella amarynthina (Felder and Felder, 1865) x -- Theope ca.
Estudio total No DE MUESTRAS ORDEN FAMILIA TOTAL POSITIVAS No No % Lepidoptera 324 78 24.1 Arctiidae 32 5 15.6 Doidae 5 3 60 Heliconidae 6 2 33.3 Lasiocampidae 1 1 100 Limacodidae 8 2 25 Lymantriidae 3 1 33.3 Megalopygidae 5 2 40 Notodontidae 26 7 26.9 Nymphalidae 34 11 32.4 Papilionidae 8 1 12.5 Pieridae 12 2 16.7 Pyralidae 14 3 21.4 Riodinidae 6 2 33.3 Saturniidae 134 32 23.9 Sphingidae 30 4 13.3 Hymenoptera 110 17 15.5 Apidae 3 2 66.7 Formicidae 16 3 18.8 Vespidae 86 10 11.6 N.I.
This leaf-feeding guild is composed primarily of moth larvae, including Megalopyge dyeri Hopp (Megalopygidae), Marmara sp.
Arctiidae 0 21 79 50 38 12 Ctenuchidae 25 37 38 40 60 0 Geometridae 17 50 33 65 35 0 Megalopygidae 0 100 0 100 0 0 Noctuidae 100 0 0 71 29 0 Saturniidae 8 38 54 60 40 0 Sphingidae 0 100 0 0 25 75 However, there were two results from the experiments implicating the role of plant secondary compounds as tools for antipredator defense.
Brontocoris tabidus (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) preying on Podalia walkeri (Lepidoptera: Megalopygidae) on eucalypt plants in Brazil.
Combinations and synonymies in New World Limacodidae, Megalopygidae, Lasiocampidae and Arctiidae (Lepidoptera).
98.8 (2) Mahanarva 100 (0) (Lepidoptera: posticata Stal Megalopygidae) (Homoptera: Cercopidae) Discodon sp.
Month Family Species J F M A Oecophoridae Cerconota achatina X X X X (Zeller, 1855) Hesperiidae Chiomara punctum X X X X (Mabille, 1878) Geometridae Cyclomia mopsaria X X X X (Guenee, 1857) Dalceridae Dalcerina tijucana X X X (Schaus, 1892) Lymantriidae Eloria subapicalis X X X X (Walker, 1855) Arctiidae Fregela semiluna X X X X (Walker, 1854) Oecophoridae Gonioterma indecora X X X (Zeller, 1854) Oecophoridae Inga haemataula X X (Meyrick, 1912) Sphingidae Isognathus caricae X X X X (Linnaeus, 1764) Megalopygidae Megalopyge albicollis X X (Walker, 1855) Limacodidae Phobetron hipparchia X X X (Cramer, 1777) Oecophoridae Stenoma sp.
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