Podalia fuscescens

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Podalia fuscescens
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Megalopygidae
Genus: Podalia
Species:
P. fuscescens
Binomial name
Podalia fuscescens
Walker, 1856
Synonyms
  • Podalia megalodiaDyar, 1910
  • Cistissa expansaWalker, 1862

Podalia fuscescens is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1856. [1] It is found in Brazil.

The wingspan is about 85 mm. The forewings are dark brown streaked with whitish on the costa and in the cell, defining two dark brown rays and a spot at the end of the cell. The whitish streaking predominates beyond the cell and defines an outer row of elliptical spots between the veins, the two lower of which are sagittate (arrowhead shaped), being incised in the basal side by whitish loops, the veins terminally and marginal spottings faintly pale. The hindwings are dark brown, a little paler between the veins outwardly. [2]

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Punica granatum . [3]

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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 fuscescens". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 12, 2018.
  2. ↑ Description of Podalia megalodia in Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. "Notes on Megalopygidae" PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  3. ↑ Hosts.myspecies.info


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