Taxon profile
Included taxa
Number of records: 50species Megalopyge affinis (Druce, 1887)
species Megalopyge amita Schaus, 1900
species Megalopyge amitina Dognin, 1912
species Megalopyge apicale (Herrich-Schäffer, 1856)
species Megalopyge bissesa Dyar, 1911
species Megalopyge braulio Schaus
species Megalopyge brunneipennis (Schaus, 1905)
species Megalopyge chrysocoma (Herrich-Schäffer, 1856)
species Megalopyge contigua (Walker, 1866)
species Megalopyge crispata (Packard, 1864)
species Megalopyge defoliata (Walker, 1855)
species Megalopyge dyari (Joicey & Talbot, 1922)
species Megalopyge hina (Dognin, 1911)
species Megalopyge hyalina (Schaus, 1905)
species Megalopyge immaculata (Cassino, 1928)
species Megalopyge inca Hopp, 1935
species Megalopyge krugii (Dewitz, 1897)
species Megalopyge lacyi (Barnes & McDunnough, 1910)
species Megalopyge lampra Dyar, 1910
species Megalopyge lanceolata Dognin, 1923
species Megalopyge lapena Schaus, 1896
species Megalopyge lecca (Druce, 1890)
species Megalopyge megalopygae (Schaus, 1905)
species Megalopyge nuda (Stoll, 1789)
species Megalopyge obscura (Schaus, 1905)
species Megalopyge opercularis (Smith, 1797)
species Megalopyge ornata (Druce, 1887)
species Megalopyge orsilochus (Cramer, 1775)
species Megalopyge ovata (Schaus, 1896)
species Megalopyge pellita (Felder, 1874)
species Megalopyge perseae (Dognin, 1891)
species Megalopyge peruana Hopp, 1935
species Megalopyge pixidifera (Smith & Abbot, 1797)
species Megalopyge radiata Schaus, 1892
species Megalopyge ravida (Druce, 1887)
species Megalopyge salacia (Druce, 1887)
species Megalopyge salebrosa (Clemens, 1860)
species Megalopyge superba (H. Edwards, 1884)
species Megalopyge tharops (Stoll, 1782)
species Megalopyge torva Schaus, 1912
species Megalopyge trossula (Dognin, 1891)
species Megalopyge trujillina Dyar, 1910
species Megalopyge undulata (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
species Megalopyge uruguayensis Berg, 1882
species Megalopyge victoriana Schaus, 1927
species Megalopyge vulpina Schaus, 1900
species Megalopyge xanthopasa (Sepp, 1828)
Links and literature
The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1061826]
Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [https://www.irmng.org] [as Megalopyge Hübner, 1820]
Data retrieved on: 30 November 2019