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Mesoscia pascora
Mesoscia pascora is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It was described by William Schaus in 1900. It is found in Brazil.
The wingspan is about 25 mm. The forewings are white with a black spot at the base, surmounted by pinkish scales. The costa is black at the base and there is a dark grey band from the inner margin where it is broad, and narrowing towards the apex, broken by the whitish veins. A terminal row of grey spots does not reach apex. The hindwings are whitish, with the inner margin grey and a grey shade from the inner margin to the costa near the apex. There is a terminal row of grey spots and the fringe is grey at the base.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 950032.