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Megalopyge trossula
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Megalopyge trossula

Megalopyge trossula is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It was described by Paul Dognin in 1891. It is found in Costa Rica.

Adults have a yellow body and the wings are entirely denuded of scales, except for a few dark-grey ones at the base.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1293440.