Hysterocladia mirabilis is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. It was described by Schaus in 1905. It is found in Colombia.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Megalopygidae |
| Genus: | Hysterocladia |
| Species: | H. mirabilis
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| Hysterocladia mirabilis (Schaus, 1905)
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The wingspan is about 37 millimetres (1.5 in). The body is white, the front is black, the antennae and vertex bright red and the mid- and fore-legs are brown. The anal hairs are black. The wings are white, the costal margin of the forewings black.[2]
References edit
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Hysterocladia mirabilis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
- ^ "Descriptions of new South American moths". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 29. BHL: 335.
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