Microrape shilluca is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. It was described by William Schaus in 1929. It is found in Brazil.[1]
| Microrape shilluca | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Megalopygidae |
| Genus: | Microrape |
| Species: | M. shilluca
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| Binomial name | |
| Microrape shilluca Schaus, 1929
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The wingspan is 22 mm. The body is white, and the forelegs light drab. The wings are white, somewhat silvery and rather thinly scaled.[2]
References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Microrape shilluca". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
- ^ Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington
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