Thoscora rubrivena
Species of moth
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Thoscora rubrivena is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It was described by E. Dukinfield Jones in 1912.[1] It is found in Brazil.
| Thoscora rubrivena | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Megalopygidae |
| Genus: | Thoscora |
| Species: | T. rubrivena |
| Binomial name | |
| Thoscora rubrivena (E. D. Jones, 1912) | |
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The wingspan is about 30 mm. The forewings are light brown and thinly scaled. The costa and veins, with the exception of the subcostal nervure and submedian veins, are red. The hindwings are rose pink.[2]
