Podalia walkeri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Megalopygidae
Genus: Podalia
Species:
P. walkeri
Binomial name
Podalia walkeri
(Berg, 1882)
Synonyms
  • Megalopyge walkeri Berg, 1882
  • Megalopyge fieldia Schaus, 1896
  • Podalia nigricostata Dognin, 1912
  • Malmis semialba Hopp, 1922

Podalia walkeri is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. It was described by Carlos Berg in 1882 and is found in Brazil.[1]

The wingspan is 45 mm. The forewings have the basal half brown except the costa which is white with a few long brown streaks. There is a dark brown spot at the end of the cell and the outer half of the wing is brown with the veins whitish and two transverse white lines breaking the brown up into irregular spots. There are also some white longitudinal streaks between the veins on the outer margin. The hindwings are brown, but white at the base of the costal margin. There are some whitish spots on the fringe.[2]

References

  1. โ†‘ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Podalia walkeriโ€‹". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
  2. โ†‘ Description of Megalopyge fieldia in Journal of the New York Entomological Society Vol. 4, No. 2 (Jun., 1896) Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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