Trosia dimas

Trosia dimas, the rosy ermine, is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. It was described by Pieter Cramer in 1775.[1] It is found in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Brazil and Peru. The habitat consists of rainforests and cloudforest at altitudes between 300 and 1,700 meters.[2]

Trosia dimas
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Megalopygidae
Genus:	Trosia
Species:	T. dimas
Binomial name
Trosia dimas (Cramer, 1775)
Synonyms
Phalaena dimas Cramer, 1775 Trosia amarilla Hopp, 1922 Trosia donckieri Dognin, 1924 Trosia flava Dognin Trosia fumosa Hopp, 1934 Trosia incostata Schaus, 1905 Sciathos metaleuca Druce, 1906 Trosia misda Dyar, 1910 Trosia nigra Hopp, 1932 Trosia obsolescens Dyar, 1899 Trosia rosita Schaus, 1920 Trosia tolimata Dognin, 1922 Bombyx tricolora Fabricius, 1787

The wingspan is about 34 millimetres (1.3 in). The head, abdomen, and legs are reddish, the tarsi black, spotted with white. The collar and thorax are yellowish buff, the latter spotted with red. The forewings are greenish yellow, with a postmedial row of black spots. The hindwings are roseate. The underside is dull roseate. In this species, the costa of the forewings is of the same color as the wing.[3]

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Trosia dimas". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
2. Moths of the Amazon and Andes
3. "Descriptions of new South American moths". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. BHL. 29: 335.