Trosia nigropunctigera

Trosia nigropunctigera
	Mount Totumas cloud forest, Panama
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Megalopygidae
Genus:	Trosia
Species:	T. nigropunctigera
Binomial name
	Trosia nigropunctigera; D. S. Fletcher, 1982

Trosia nigropunctigera, commonly known as the rosy ermine moth, is a lepidopteran in the family Megalopygidae native to the Neotropics. These moths have a wingspan of 45-60mm, and are distributed across Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Ecuador and Peru.^[1] The species was first described by David Stephen Fletcher in 1982.^[2]

^ "BOLD Systems: Taxonomy Browser - Trosia nigropunctigera {species}". v3.boldsystems.org. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Trosia nigropunctigera". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 14, 2018.

[1] "BOLD Systems: Taxonomy Browser - Trosia nigropunctigera {species}". v3.boldsystems.org. Retrieved 2020-02-12.

[2] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Trosia nigropunctigera". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 14, 2018.

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