Podalia tympania
Podalia tympania is a species of moth in the family Megalopygidae. It was first described by Herbert Druce in 1897 and has been recorded from Peru and Mexico.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Megalopygidae |
| Genus: | Podalia |
| Species: | P. tympania |
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| Podalia tympania (H. Druce, 1897) | |
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Description
The forewings and hindwings are pale brown, the forewings with the costal margin and the spaces between the veins on the costal half of the wing streaked with white. The fringe of both wings is pale brown.[2]
References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Podalia tympania". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
- Biologia Centrali-Americana
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