Podalia amarga

Podalia amarga
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Megalopygidae
Genus:	Podalia
Species:	P. amarga
Binomial name
	Podalia amarga; (Schaus, 1905)
Synonyms
	Cyclara amarga Schaus, 1905; Gois nigrescens Schaus, 1905; Megalopyge farmbri Kaye, 1924;

Podalia amarga is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It was described by Schaus in 1905.^[1]

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]

References

^ Epstein, M. & Becker, V. (1993). "Combinations and Synonymies in New World Llmacodidae, Megalopygidae, Lasiocampidae and Arctiidae (Lepidoptera)". Revista Brasileira de Zoologia. 10 (2): 289-319.
^ Description of Cyclara amarga in Proceedings of the United States National Museum

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[1] Epstein, M. & Becker, V. (1993). "Combinations and Synonymies in New World Llmacodidae, Megalopygidae, Lasiocampidae and Arctiidae (Lepidoptera)". Revista Brasileira de Zoologia. 10 (2): 289-319.

[2] Description of Cyclara amarga in Proceedings of the United States National Museum

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