Trosia rufa

Trosia rufa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Megalopygidae
Genus:	Trosia
Species:	T. rufa
Binomial name
	Trosia rufa; (E. D. Jones, 1912)
Synonyms
	Edebessa rufa E. D. Jones, 1912;

Trosia rufa is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It was described by E. Dukinfield Jones in 1912.^[1] It is found in Brazil.

The wingspan is about 28 mm. The forewings are red brown and thinly scaled. There is a postmedial diffused fuscous band, broad beyond the cell, more defined and broken into three spots near the inner margin. The hindwings are bright brick red.^[2]

References[]

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Trosia rufa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
^ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1912

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Trosia rufa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 17, 2018.

[2] Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1912

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