Trichopisthia monteiroi (Druce, 1887) is a animal in the Lasiocampidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Trichopisthia monteiroi (Druce, 1887)
Trichopisthia monteiroi is the single species of monotypic moth genus Trichopisthia in Lasiocampidae, found in southern Africa.
Trichopisthia is a monotypic moth genus, meaning it contains only one species, in the family Lasiocampidae. The genus was erected by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1909. Its only species is Trichopisthia monteiroi, which was originally described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1887. This species is found in Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
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Streblote siva (Lefèbvre, 1827)
Gastropacha pardale
Tolype distincta French, 1890
Phyllodesma tremulifolia (Hübner)
Phyllodesma americana (Harris, 1841)
Malacosoma castrense (Linnaeus, 1758)
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