''Trosia'' is a genus of

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

s in the family

Megalopygidae The flannel moths or crinkled flannel moths (scientific name Megalopygidae) are a family of insects. Distribution and habitat There is only one species of Megalopyge in the eastern United States, although there are several throughout the Neotro ...

described by

Jacob Hübner Jacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology. Scientific career Hübner was the author of '' ...

in 1820.

Species

*'' Trosia acea'' Hopp, 1930 *'' Trosia bicolor'' (Möschler, 1883) *'' Trosia circumcincta'' (Schaus, 1905) *'' Trosia dimas'' (Cramer, 1775) *'' Trosia fallax'' (Felder, 1874) *'' Trosia flavida'' Dognin, 1911 *'' Trosia nigropuncta'' Druce, 1909 *''

Trosia nigropunctigera ''Trosia nigropunctigera'', commonly known as the rosy ermine moth, is a lepidopteran in the family Megalopygidae native to the Neotropical realm, Neotropics. These moths have a wingspan of 45-60mm, and are distributed across Costa Rica, Panama, ...

'' D. S. Fletcher, 1982 *'' Trosia nigrorufa'' (Walker, 1865) *'' Trosia ochracea'' Hopp, 1922 *'' Trosia pellucida'' (Möschler, 1877) *'' Trosia pulla'' Forbes, 1942 *'' Trosia roseipuncta'' (Druce, 1906) *'' Trosia rufa'' (E. D. Jones, 1912) *'' Trosia semirufa'' (Druce, 1906) *'' Trosia xinga'' (Dognin, 1922) *'' Trosia zernyi'' Hopp, 1930 *'' Trosia zikani'' Hopp, 1922

References

* Megalopygidae Megalopygidae genera Taxa named by Jacob Hübner {{Zygaenoidea-stub