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    Megalopyge opercularis is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It has numerous common names, including southern flannel moth for its adult form, and puss...
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    Megalopyge is a genus of moths in the family Megalopygidae. Megalopyge affinis (Druce, 1887) Megalopyge albicollis (Walker, 1855) Megalopyge amita Schaus...
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    Megalopyge crispata, the black-waved flannel moth, crinkled flannel moth or white flannel moth, is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. It is found along...
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    Megalopyge lanata is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It was described by Caspar Stoll in 1780. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T...
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  • Megalopyge ovata is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. It was described by Schaus in 1896. It is found in Brazil. The wingspan is 19 mm. The wings are...
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  • Megalopyge amita is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It was described by William Schaus in 1900. It is found in Brazil. The wingspan is about 36 mm...
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  • Megalopyge tharops is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It was described by Caspar Stoll in 1782. It is found in French Guiana and Brazil. The wingspan...
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  • Megalopyge brunneipennis is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It was described by Schaus in 1905. It is found in Brazil. The wingspan is 53 mm. The forewings...
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    Megalopyge lampra is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1910. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen...
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  • Megalopyge apicalis is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. It was described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1856. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble...
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  • Megalopyge lapena is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It was described by Schaus in 1896. It is found in Mexico and southern Arizona. The wingspan is...
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  • Megalopyge defoliata is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in Mexico. The wingspan is 34 mm for...
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  • Megalopyge albicollis is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen...
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  • Megalopyge radiata is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It was described by William Schaus in 1892. It is found in Mexico and Brazil. The wingspan is...
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    Megalopyge xanthopasa is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It was described by Sepp in 1828. It is found in Suriname and French Guiana. Beccaloni, G...
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  • Megalopyge megalopygae is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. It was described by Schaus in 1905. It is found in French Guiana. The wingspan is about 48 mm...
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  • Megalopyge salebrosa is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. It was described by James Brackenridge Clemens in 1860. It is found in Mexico and Guatemala...
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  • Megalopyge braulio is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It was described by William Schaus in 1924. It is found in Paraguay. The wingspan is about 30 mm...
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  • Megalopyge trujillina is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1910. It is found in Mexico. Adults are similar...
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  • Megalopyge uruguayensis is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It was described by Carlos Berg in 1882. It is found in Uruguay and Argentina. The wingspan...
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  • Megalopyge ravida is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1887. It is found in Mexico. The wingspan is about 25 mm...
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  • Megalopyge torva is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It was described by Schaus in 1912. It is found in Costa Rica. The wingspan is 50 mm. The forewings...
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  • Megalopyge vulpina is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It was described by William Schaus in 1900. It is found in Brazil. The wingspan is about 36 mm...
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    Megalopyge pixidifera is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. It was described by James Edward Smith and John Abbot in 1797. It was described from the southern...
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  • Megalopyge obscura is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. It was described by Schaus in 1905. It is found in French Guiana. The wingspan is 17 mm. The...
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    Megalopyge krugii is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It was described by Hermann Dewitz in 1897. Found in Puerto Rico, hundreds may congregate together...
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    Megalopyge hina is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. It was described by Paul Dognin in 1911. It is found from Guyana to Ecuador. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble...
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    symptoms. Perhaps the most notorious for stinging is the caterpillar of Megalopyge opercularis. Caterpillars have seven pairs of prolegs, while other Lepidopterae...
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  • Megalopyge immaculata is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It was described by Samuel E. Cassino in 1928. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen...
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  • Megalopyge affinis is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1887. It is found in Mexico. The forewings and hindwings...
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