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

Podalia amarga
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Domain: Eukaryota
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

Description

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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

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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