Megalopyge undulata

Description

Megalopyge undulata is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It was described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1858. It is found in Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina. The wingspan is 48 mm. The forewings are light drab crossed by numerous hair brown lines, hardly traceable in the cell, the third line beyond the cell from the subcostal to vein 5, the fourth and fifth lines suffusing below vein 5. The basal third below the cell is shaded with cinnamon and mottled with cinnamon buff hairs and all the scaling is hairy and undulating. The hindwings are thinly scaled, greyish drab. There are some cinnamon buff hairs at the base of the inner margin. The wings below are drab.