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Megalopyge opercularis (southern flannel moth)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Megalopyge opercularis is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It has numerous common names, including southern flannel moth for its adult form, and puss caterpillar, asp, Italian asp, woolly slug, opossum bug, puss moth, or asp caterpillar for its larval form.
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Infraspecies

Megalopyge opercularis bissesa
Megalopyge opercularis briseis
Megalopyge opercularis opercularis

Attributes

Wing Span [1]  1.181 inches (.03 m)

Prey / Diet

External References

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Citations

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♦ 1Puss Caterpillar (Larva), Southern Flannel Moth (Adult), Megalopyge opercularis (J. E. Smith 1797) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Zygaenoidea: Megalopygidae), Donald W. Hall, University of Florida, January 2012. Revised March 2013
♦ 2HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0