Podomachla apicalis is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, São Tomé & Principe, Tanzania, Togo and Uganda.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Podomachla |
| Species: | P. apicalis
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| Podomachla apicalis (Walker, 1854)
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The larvae have been recorded feeding on Asteraceae species.
References
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