Zyzypyge

Zyzypyge
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Megalopygidae
Genus:	Zyzypyge; Hopp, 1930
Species:	Z. calycina
Binomial name
	Zyzypyge calycina; Hopp, 1930

Zyzypyge is a monotypic moth genus in the family Megalopygidae described by Walter Hopp in 1930.[1] Its single species, Zyzypyge calycina, described by the same author in the same year, is found in Brazil.[2]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Zyzypyge". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Zyzypyge calycina". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 16, 2018.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Zyzypyge". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 16, 2018.

[2] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Zyzypyge calycina". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 16, 2018.