Thoscora acca is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. It was described by William Schaus in 1892. It is found in Guyana, Panama and Costa Rica.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Megalopygidae |
| Genus: | Thoscora |
| Species: | T. acca
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| Thoscora acca (Schaus, 1892)
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The wingspan is 30 mm. The forewings are pinkish brown with a blackish median transverse line. The hindwings are roseate. The underside is roseate, with the apices of the forewings brownish. The head and thorax are brownish and the abdomen is red.[2]
Subspecies
edit- Thoscora acca acca
- Thoscora acca aterrima Hopp, 1930
References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Thoscora acca". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
- ^ Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London
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