Podalia bolivari

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Podalia bolivari
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Megalopygidae
Genus: Podalia
Species:
P. bolivari
Binomial name
Podalia bolivari
Heylaerts, 1884
Synonyms
  • Unduzia gistinda Dyar, 1914
  • Unduzia phaule Dyar, 1914

Podalia bolivari is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It was described by Franciscus J. M. Heylaerts in 1884.[1] It is found in Panama and Venezuela.

The wingspan is about 36 mm. Adults are brown with thinly scaled translucent wings. There is a subterminal row of faint yellowish spots between the veins of the forewings.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Podalia bolivari". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
  2. ^ Proceedings of the United States National Museum 47 (2050): 252


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