Phryganopsis plumosa is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Paul Mabille in 1900. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Madagascar, South Africa, Note: As of October 2019, his species is not included in Afromoths. Algeria. and southern Spain.Derra & Hacker (1983). "Pelosia hellenica sp.n. eine neue Lithosiidae-Art aus Griechenland (Lepidoptera, Lithosiidae)". Entomofauna. 4 (20): 253-260.
The holotype was collected in 1898 in Madagascar's Antongil Bay by A. Mocquerys.Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. (MNHN)
References
Mabille. (1900). "Lepidoptera nova malgassica et africana". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 68 (1899): 723–753.