Trosia nigropunctigera, the rosy ermine moth, is a
lepidopteran in the family
Megalopygidae native to the
Neotropics. The species is distributed across Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Ecuador and Peru. This adult T. nigropunctigera moth was photographed in the Mount Totumas
cloud forest in Panama.Photograph credit:
Charles James Sharp
Trosia nigropunctigera, the rosy ermine moth, is a
lepidopteran in the family
Megalopygidae native to the
Neotropics. The species is distributed across Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Ecuador and Peru. This adult T. nigropunctigera moth was photographed in the Mount Totumas
cloud forest in Panama.Photograph credit:
Charles James Sharp