Megalopygidae Megalopygidae

Megalopygidae - Definition and Overview

Crinkled Flannel Moths
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Megalopygidae
Genera

Trosia obsolescens
lapena
bissessa
opercularis
norape tenera

Megalopygidae is the technical name of a group of insect species known generally as crinkled flannel moths, a European moth with caterpillers which often resemble cotton balls or tribbles, except they have mildly venomous spines in their fuzz.

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