Podalia albescens

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Podalia albescens
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Megalopygidae
Genus: Podalia
Species:
P. albescens
Binomial name
Podalia albescens
(Schaus, 1900)
Synonyms
  • Megalopyge albescensSchaus, 1900

Podalia albescens is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It was described by William Schaus in 1900. [1] It is found in Brazil.

The wingspan is about 48 mm. The body is white with transverse dark grey lines. The forewings are white with some dark grey spots at the base and an inner transverse row of smoky black spots extending on the costa as far as the end of the cell. There is a narrow grey outer band, partly obsolete and broken by the veins, as well as a subterminal row of large grey spots, partly filled in with white. There is also a terminal row of dark grey spots. The hindwings are white with a terminal row of small grey spots. [2]

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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Podalia albescens". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 17, 2018.
  2. Schaus, William (December 1900). "New Species of Heterocera from Tropical America". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 8: 229.PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .