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Norape argyrorrhoea

species of insect

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 14, 2026
Entity authorityQ13901772 ↗
Source-derived summary

Norape argyrorrhoea is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. It was described by Jacob Hübner in 1825. It is found in Argentina, Trinidad, Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela, Paraguay, Panama, Costa Rica and Mexico.

The wingspan is about 24 mm for males and 30 mm for females. Adults are white, with a faint creamy tint. The pectus and femora are smoky black and the antennae testaceous.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Norape argyrorrhoea” as species of insect. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1825—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Norape, argyrorrhoea and species can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the science & nature register because the source frames it as species of insect. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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The date and method of observation matter as much as the stated conclusion, especially where classification or consensus has changed. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q13901772. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1825.

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This entry incorporates text from “Norape argyrorrhoea” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.