''Trosia'' 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 ...

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 circumcincta'' (Schaus, 1905) *'' Trosia bicolor'' (Möschler, 1883) *'' Trosia dimas'' (Cramer, 1775) *'' Trosia fallax'' (Felder, 1874) *'' Trosia flavida'' Dognin, 1911 *''

Trosia nigropuncta ''Trosia nigropuncta'' is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. It was described by Druce in 1909. References Moths described in 1909 Megalopygidae {{Zygaenoidea-stub ...

'' Druce, 1909 *'' Trosia ochracea'' Hopp, 1922 *''

Trosia pellucida ''Trosia pellucida'' is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. It was described by Heinrich Benno Möschler Heinrich Benno Möschler (28 October 1831, in Herrnhut – 21 November 1888, in Kronförstchen, near Bautzen) was a German entomologist wh ...

'' (Möschler, 1877) *'' Trosia pulla'' Forbes, 1942 *''

Trosia nigropunctigera ''Trosia nigropunctigera'', commonly known as the rosy ermine moth, is a lepidoptera Lepidoptera ( ) is an order (biology), order of insects that includes butterfly, butterflies and moths (both are called lepidopterans). About 180,000 specie ...

'' D. S. Fletcher, 1982 *''

Trosia nigrorufa ''Trosia nigrorufa'' is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is found in Peru, Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular reg ...

'' (Walker, 1865) *''

Trosia roseipuncta ''Trosia roseipuncta'' is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. It was described by Druce in 1906. References Moths described in 1906 Megalopygidae {{Zygaenoidea-stub ...

'' (Druce, 1906) *''

Trosia rufa ''Trosia rufa'' is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It was described by E. Dukinfield Jones in 1912. It is found in Brazil. The wingspan is about 28 mm. The forewings are red brown and thinly scaled. There is a postmedial diffused fus ...

'' (E. D. Jones, 1912) *''

Trosia semirufa ''Trosia semirufa'' is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. It was described by Druce in 1906. References Moths described in 1906 Megalopygidae {{Zygaenoidea-stub ...

'' (Druce, 1906) *'' Trosia xinga'' (Dognin, 1922) *'' Trosia zernyi'' Hopp, 1930 *'' Trosia zikani'' Hopp, 1922 *'' Trosia acea'' Hopp, 1930

References

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