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Megalopyge {genus} -
Arthropoda
;
Insecta
;
Lepidoptera
;
Megalopygidae
;
Megalopyginae
;
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Sub-taxa
Species (44)
Megalopyge BioLep01 [2]
Megalopyge BioLep05 [12]
Megalopyge BioLep06 [1]
Megalopyge BioLep20 [2]
Megalopyge Janzen03 [22]
Megalopyge Janzen04 [2]
Megalopyge Janzen06 [47]
Megalopyge Janzen07 [98]
Megalopyge albicollis [158]
Megalopyge arpi [1]
Megalopyge basalis [1]
Megalopyge bissesa [15]
Megalopyge contigua [1]
Megalopyge crispata [36]
Megalopyge deWaard9439 [1]
Megalopyge dyari [8]
Megalopyge dyariDHJ01 [8]
Megalopyge dyariDHJ02 [3]
Megalopyge dyariDHJ03 [67]
Megalopyge dyariDHJ04 [4]
Megalopyge dyariDHJ05 [41]
Megalopyge hina [31]
Megalopyge hinaHG01 [1]
Megalopyge immaculata [1]
Megalopyge krugii [15]
Megalopyge lacyi [8]
Megalopyge lanata [22]
Megalopyge lapena [9]
Megalopyge lecca [4]
Megalopyge melaina [2]
Megalopyge melina [2]
Megalopyge opercularis [66]
Megalopyge pyxidifera [17]
Megalopyge radiata [9]
Megalopyge ravida [6]
Megalopyge selebrosa [1]
Megalopyge sp. [15]
Megalopyge sp. 1YB [1]
Megalopyge sp. HG01 [1]
Megalopyge sp. voucher [2]
Megalopyge tharops [8]
Megalopyge undulata [3]
Megalopyge uruguayensis [3]
Megalopyge vulpina [10]
Taxon Description (Wikipedia)
full article at Wikipedia
BOLD Stats
Specimen Records:
823
Public Records:
685
Specimens with Sequences:
750
Public Species:
33
Specimens with Barcodes:
675
Public BINs:
58
Species:
44
Species With Barcodes:
35
Species List - Progress
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Imagery
images representing subtaxa of Megalopyge
(
Megalopyge vulpina
)
Sample ID:
MACN-Bar-Lep-ct 04184
License:
Copyright (2013)
License Holder:
MACN, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia"
Collection Sites
Collected from 16 countries.
Top 20:
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Costa Rica
459
Mexico
9
Honduras
3
United States
134
Ecuador
8
Venezuela
2
Argentina
41
Puerto Rico
7
Paraguay
1
Suriname
12
Colombia
6
Guatemala
1
Brazil
11
Peru
5
Panama
11
Belize
4
![(Megalopyge BioLep01 - 10-SRNP-105195) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2010) Daniel H. Janzen Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/BLPDQ/10-SRNP-105195-DHJ650070%2B1273338198.jpg "(Megalopyge BioLep01 - 10-SRNP-105195) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2010)")
![(Megalopyge BioLep05 - 08-SRNP-108229) @15 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2013) Daniel H. Janzen Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/BLPDD/08-SRNP-108229-DHJ632293%2B1364926544.jpg "(Megalopyge BioLep05 - 08-SRNP-108229) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2013)")
![(Megalopyge BioLep06 - 09-SRNP-100762) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2009) Daniel H. Janzen Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/BLPDF/09-SRNP-100762_DHJ633997%2B1236708594.jpg "(Megalopyge BioLep06 - 09-SRNP-100762) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2009)")
![(Megalopyge BioLep20 - 11-SRNP-100100) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2010) Daniel H. Janzen Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/BLPDZ/11-SRNP-100100_DHJ660770%2B1309185558.jpg "(Megalopyge BioLep20 - 11-SRNP-100100) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2010)")
![(Megalopyge Janzen03 - 07-SRNP-104692) @15 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2010) Daniel H. Janzen Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/BLMEA/07-SRNP-104692_DHJ614656%2B1342713306.jpg "(Megalopyge Janzen03 - 07-SRNP-104692) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2010)")
![(Megalopyge Janzen04 - 00-SRNP-17385) @13 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2013) Daniel H. Janzen Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/MHMXB/00-SRNP-17385-DHJ335460%2B1365105340.jpg "(Megalopyge Janzen04 - 00-SRNP-17385) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2013)")
![(Megalopyge Janzen06 - 12-SRNP-13174) @15 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2015) Daniel H. Janzen Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/MHMYN/12-SRNP-13174-DHJ590328%2B1429631962.jpg "(Megalopyge Janzen06 - 12-SRNP-13174) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2015)")
![(Megalopyge Janzen07 - 08-SRNP-101426) @15 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2008) Daniel H. Janzen Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/BLMEA/08-SRNP-101426_DHJ625490%2B1214421680.jpg "(Megalopyge Janzen07 - 08-SRNP-101426) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2008)")
![(Megalopyge albicollis - 06-SRNP-103479) @15 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2006) Daniel H. Janzen Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/BLPAD/06-SRNP-103479_DHJ603479%2B1197404760.JPG "(Megalopyge albicollis - 06-SRNP-103479) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2006)")
![(Megalopyge basalis - USNM ENT 01373099) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/EPNG/01373099%2B1522780780.JPG "(Megalopyge basalis - USNM ENT 01373099) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Megalopyge bissesa - CNCLEP00102188) @15 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2012) CNC/CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/CNCLA/CNCLEP00102188%2B1372779616.JPG "(Megalopyge bissesa - CNCLEP00102188) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2012)")
![(Megalopyge crispata - 05-NCCC-207) @15 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2010) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/LNC/05-NCCC-207.jpg "(Megalopyge crispata - 05-NCCC-207) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2010)")
![(Megalopyge dyari - CCDB-24284-H08) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2015) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/LNAUU/CCDB-24284-H08%2B1445540150.JPG "(Megalopyge dyari - CCDB-24284-H08) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2015)")
![(Megalopyge dyariDHJ01 - 05-SRNP-60378) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2013) Daniel H. Janzen Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/MHMXB/05-SRNP-60378-DHJ335710%2B1365544264.jpg "(Megalopyge dyariDHJ01 - 05-SRNP-60378) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2013)")
![(Megalopyge dyariDHJ02 - 10-SRNP-69651) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2013) Daniel H. Janzen Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/MHMYL/10-SRNP-69651-DHJ538654%2B1365547966.jpg "(Megalopyge dyariDHJ02 - 10-SRNP-69651) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2013)")
![(Megalopyge dyariDHJ03 - 10-SRNP-113757) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2010) Daniel H. Janzen Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/BLPDX/10-SRNP-113757_DHJ658632%2B1309896810.jpg "(Megalopyge dyariDHJ03 - 10-SRNP-113757) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2010)")
![(Megalopyge dyariDHJ04 - 06-SRNP-42906) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2007) Daniel H. Janzen Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/MHMXG/06-SRNP-42906-DHJ359951%2B1177355110.jpg "(Megalopyge dyariDHJ04 - 06-SRNP-42906) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2007)")
![(Megalopyge dyariDHJ05 - 07-SRNP-108529) @15 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2008) Daniel H. Janzen Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/BLMEA/07-SRNP-108529_DHJ618493%2B1192811106.jpg "(Megalopyge dyariDHJ05 - 07-SRNP-108529) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2008)")
![(Megalopyge hina - 05-SRNP-35077) @16 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2006) Daniel H. Janzen Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/MHMXA/05-SRNP-35077-DHJ329536%2B1145359404.jpg "(Megalopyge hina - 05-SRNP-35077) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2006)")
![(Megalopyge hinaHG01 - RMNH.INS.981165) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2019) Hajo Gernaat Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/SURL/2019047_ventral%2B1563861842.jpg "(Megalopyge hinaHG01 - RMNH.INS.981165) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2019)")
![(Megalopyge immaculata - TAMUICEGR-0369) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2010) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/TAMIC/_MG_3220%2B1270739156.JPG "(Megalopyge immaculata - TAMUICEGR-0369) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2010)")
![(Megalopyge krugii - M066-F4) @11 [ ] nrr (2022) Aura M. Alonso-Rodríguez University of Vermont](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/PRMAR/M066-F4%2B1663255938.JPG "(Megalopyge krugii - M066-F4) {} [ ] nrr (2022)")
![(Megalopyge lacyi - CCDB-20822-B09) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2013) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/LNAUS/CCDB-20822-B09%2B1383939588.JPG "(Megalopyge lacyi - CCDB-20822-B09) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2013)")
![(Megalopyge lanata - 06-SRNP-100917) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2006) Daniel H. Janzen Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/BLPAA/06-SRNP-100917_DHJ600917%2B1148075778.jpg "(Megalopyge lanata - 06-SRNP-100917) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2006)")
![(Megalopyge lapena - CCDB-19577-C11) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2012) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/LNAUS/CCDB-19577-C11%2B1352472456.jpg "(Megalopyge lapena - CCDB-19577-C11) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2012)")
![(Megalopyge lecca - CCDB-29458-A07) @13 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2017) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/LNAUV/CCDB-29458-A07%2B1485788332.JPG "(Megalopyge lecca - CCDB-29458-A07) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2017)")
![(Megalopyge melaina - CCDB-37907-A05) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Share - Alike (2024) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/LNAUZ/CCDB-37907-A05%2B1706308602.jpg "(Megalopyge melaina - CCDB-37907-A05) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Share - Alike (2024)")
![(Megalopyge melina - CCDB-34075-D11) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2019) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/LNAUY/CCDB-34075-D11%2B1567019940.jpg "(Megalopyge melina - CCDB-34075-D11) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2019)")
![(Megalopyge opercularis - 09BBLEP-01758) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2009) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/BBLSW/IMG_7526%2B1252433422.JPG "(Megalopyge opercularis - 09BBLEP-01758) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2009)")
![(Megalopyge pyxidifera - 06-FLOR-0912) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2010) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/LOFLA/06-FLOR-0912%2B1155063826.jpg "(Megalopyge pyxidifera - 06-FLOR-0912) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2010)")
![(Megalopyge radiata - MACN-Bar-Lep-ct 04251) @14 [ ] Copyright (2013) MACN Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia"](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/ARMOT/MACN-Bar-Lep-ct_04251%2B1371572598.JPG "(Megalopyge radiata - MACN-Bar-Lep-ct 04251) {} [ ] Copyright (2013)")
![(Megalopyge ravida - ChamLep-0119) @12 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/MXBLP/ChamLep-0119_%5Badult%5D%2B1473712432.jpg "(Megalopyge ravida - ChamLep-0119) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Megalopyge selebrosa - TAMUICEGR-0373) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2010) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/TAMIC/_MG_3229%2B1270739068.JPG "(Megalopyge selebrosa - TAMUICEGR-0373) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2010)")
![(Megalopyge sp - USNM ENT 01067228) @15 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/PMANL/1067228%2B1416004316.JPG "(Megalopyge sp - USNM ENT 01067228) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Megalopyge sp. 1YB - YB-BCI169022) @11 [ ] No Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/BCIOM/LEMEGA-22000005-BCI169022-V%2B1573834248.jpeg "(Megalopyge sp. 1YB - YB-BCI169022) {} [ ] No Rights Reserved")
![(Megalopyge sp. HG01 - RMNH.INS.981111) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2018) Hajo Gernaat Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/SURL/6068_Megalopyge_sp_female_ventral%2B1523656133.jpg "(Megalopyge sp. HG01 - RMNH.INS.981111) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2018)")
![(Megalopyge sp. voucher - 07-SRNP-32955) @12 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2013) Daniel H. Janzen Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/MHMYA/07-SRNP-32955-DHJ427313%2B1365550458.jpg "(Megalopyge sp. voucher - 07-SRNP-32955) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2013)")
![(Megalopyge tharops - KLM Lep 04853) @13 [ ] CreativeCommons Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2015) Christian Wieser Landesmuseum Kärnten](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/LPCCW/KLM_Lep_04853%2B1450855196.JPG "(Megalopyge tharops - KLM Lep 04853) {} [ ] CreativeCommons Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2015)")
![(Megalopyge uruguayensis - CCDB-45156-A01) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Share - Alike (2024) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/LNAUZ/CCDB-45156-A01%2B1709578644.jpg "(Megalopyge uruguayensis - CCDB-45156-A01) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Share - Alike (2024)")
![(Megalopyge vulpina - MACN-Bar-Lep-ct 04184) @13 [ ] Copyright (2013) MACN Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia"](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/ARMOT/MACN-Bar-Lep-ct_04184%2B1371509562.JPG "(Megalopyge vulpina - MACN-Bar-Lep-ct 04184) {} [ ] Copyright (2013)")
