Hysterocladia corallocera

Hysterocladia corallocera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Megalopygidae
Genus:	Hysterocladia
Species:	H. corallocera
Binomial name
	Hysterocladia corallocera; Felder, 1874
Synonyms
	Trosia ignicornis Schaus, 1905; Hysterocladia ignicornis;

Hysterocladia corallocera is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. It was described by Felder in 1874. It is found in Venezuela^[1] and French Guiana.

The wingspan is about 21 mm. The body and wings are white and the mid- and fore-legs are mottled with black. The shaft of the antennae is crimson and the pectinations are ochreous.^[2]

References

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Hysterocladia corallocera". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
^ Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Descriptions of new South American moths This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Hysterocladia corallocera". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 16, 2018.

[2] Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Descriptions of new South American moths This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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