Family New World Flannel Moths (Megalopygidae)
Megalopygidae is a family in the order Lepidoptera. Browse 24 named species recorded in this family, or open an individual profile for its available identification and natural-history information.
Species in Megalopygidae (24)
Macara alydda
Macara alydda
Macara alydda is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1887. It is found in Costa Rica and Napo Province, Ecuador. The habitat consists of montane cloud forests.
Megalopyge albicollis
Megalopyge albicollis
Megalopyge albicollis is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855.
Megalopyge defoliata
Megalopyge defoliata
Megalopyge defoliata is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in Mexico.
Yellow Flannel Moth
Megalopyge pyxidifera
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 United States.
Megalopyge ravida
Megalopyge ravida
Megalopyge ravida is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1887. It is found in Mexico.
Megalopyge tharops
Megalopyge tharops
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.
Megalopyge undulata
Megalopyge undulata
Megalopyge undulata is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It was described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1858. It is found in Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina.
Megalopyge urens
Megalopyge urens
Megalopyge urens is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It was described by Carlos Berg in 1882. It is found in Brazil.
White Flannel Moth
Norape cretata
Norape ovina, the white flannel moth, is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. In the United States, it is found from Washington, D.C. south to Florida, west to Montana and Texas. Its range extends further south through Mexico, Guatemala and Panama to
Norape sorpresa - Hodges#4650.1
Norape sorpresa
Identification: Tarsi banded. All wings white with gray shade of basal half of the ventral forewing costa, lacking in similar species.
Mesquite Stinger Moth
Norape tener
Norape tener, the mesquite stinger moth is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1897. It is found in south-eastern Arizona, southern New Mexico and Mexico.
Norape virgo - Hodges#4649
Norape virgo
Norape virgo is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877. It is found from southern Texas and southern Arizona to Colombia.
Podalia orsilochus
Podalia orsilochus
Podalia orsilochus is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. It was described by Pieter Cramer in 1775. It is found in Mexico, Costa Rica, Brazil, Guyana and Venezuela.
Podalia walkeri
Podalia walkeri
Podalia walkeri is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. It was described by Carlos Berg in 1882 and is found in Brazil.
Trosia dimas
Trosia dimas
Trosia dimas, the rosy ermine, is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. It was described by Pieter Cramer in 1775. It is found in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Brazil and Peru. The habitat consists of rainforests and cloudforest at altitudes between 30
Trosia obsolescens - Hodges#4640
Trosia obsolescens
Identification: Forewing has a row of black dots across the median area. Hindwing is salmon orange.
Megalopyge basalis
Megalopyge basalis
Black-waved Flannel Moth
Megalopyge crispata
Lagoa immaculata - Hodges#4641
Megalopyge immaculata
Florida Flannel Moth - Hodges#4643
Megalopyge lacyi
Megalopyge lapena - Hodges#4645
Megalopyge lapena
Southern Flannel Moth
Megalopyge opercularis
White Flannel Moth
Norape ovina
Thoscora ribbei
Thoscora ribbei