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''Coamorpha'' is a genus of
moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...
s in the family
Megalopygidae The flannel moths or crinkled flannel moths (scientific name Megalopygidae) are a family of insects. They occur in North America (11 species) and the New World tropics. Distribution and habitat The moth occurs in North America and the New World ...
. It contains only one species, ''Coamorpha innoxia'', which is found in Costa Rica. The
wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan ...
is about 32 mm. The forewings are greyish brown with a white spot at the base and a white streak below the cell, interrupted by veins 2 and 3. There is a white streak above the basal half of the inner margin and there is some white on the extreme inner margin on the outer half. The fringe is white with dark spots at the end of the veins, and faint terminal white markings between the veins."New species of Heterocera from Costa Rica—II"
''The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology''.


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* * Megalopygidae Megalopygidae genera {{Zygaenoidea-stub