Norape plumosa is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877. It is found in Costa Rica, Panama and the Amazon region.[1]
| Norape plumosa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Megalopygidae |
| Genus: | Norape |
| Species: | N. plumosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Norape plumosa (Butler, 1877)
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Adults are similar to Norape walkeri.[2]
Subspecies
edit- Norape plumosa plumosa (Brazil)
- Norape plumosa angustior Hopp, 1927 (Brazil)
- Norape plumosa biacuta Hopp, 1927 (Colombia)
References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Norape plumosa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
- ^ Cistula Ent. 2: 204
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