Biology:Podalia walkeri
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Short description: Species of moth
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Megalopygidae |
| Genus: | Podalia |
| Species: | P. walkeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Podalia walkeri (Berg, 1882)
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Podalia walkeri is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. It was described by Carlos Berg in 1882 and is found in Brazil .[1]
The wingspan is 45 mm. The forewings have the basal half brown except the costa which is white with a few long brown streaks. There is a dark brown spot at the end of the cell and the outer half of the wing is brown with the veins whitish and two transverse white lines breaking the brown up into irregular spots. There are also some white longitudinal streaks between the veins on the outer margin. The hindwings are brown, but white at the base of the costal margin. There are some whitish spots on the fringe.[2]
References
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Podalia walkeri". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=75638.
- ↑ Description of Megalopyge fieldia in Journal of the New York Entomological Society Vol. 4, No. 2 (Jun., 1896)
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Wikidata ☰ Q14131807 entry
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