Podalia tympania

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Podalia tympania
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Megalopygidae
Genus: Podalia
Species:
P. tympania
Binomial name
Podalia tympania
(H. Druce, 1897)
Synonyms
  • Gasina tympania H. Druce, 1897

Podalia tympania is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1897. It has been recorded from Peru and Mexico.[1]

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[]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Biologia Centrali-Americana


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