''Megalorhipida paraiso'' is a species of

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in the genus ''

Megalorhipida ''Megalorhipida'' is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1935. Species in this genus are distributed in pantropical and subtropical climates. The species typically nests on host plants in the families Nyc ...

'' known from

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

. Moths of this species take flight in August and October and the females have a

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of about . The specific name "''paraiso''" refers to Alto Paraiso, the locality from which the

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specimen was collected.

References

Oxyptilini Moths described in 2006 Endemic fauna of Brazil Moths of South America Taxa named by Cees Gielis {{Pterophorinae-stub