Podalia amarga
Species of moth
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Podalia amarga is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It was described by Schaus in 1905.[1]
| Podalia amarga | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Megalopygidae |
| Genus: | Podalia |
| Species: | P. amarga |
| Binomial name | |
| Podalia amarga (Schaus, 1905) | |
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Description
The wingspan is 22 mm. The forewings are brownish black with the apex broadly and the outer margin narrowly light greyish buff. There is a postmedial whitish line, oblique from costa at two-thirds from the base to vein 5, then deeply dentate to vein 2, and wavy to the inner margin. Separating the dark and light portions is a marginal row of triangular blackish spots, preceded at vein 7 by another spot. The hindwings are smoky black, becoming paler on the outer margin.[2]
