Megalopyge pixidifera is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. It was described by James Edward Smith and John Abbot in 1797.[1] It was described from the southern United States.

Megalopyge pixidifera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Megalopygidae
Genus: Megalopyge
Species:
M. pixidifera
Binomial name
Megalopyge pixidifera
(Smith & Abbot, 1797)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena pixidifera Smith & Abbot, 1797
  • Miresa subcitrina Walker, 1869

References edit

  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Megalopyge pixidifera​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 16, 2018.