''Palpita pudicalis'' is a species of

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

of the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hamilton Kenrick in 1907 and is found in

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

. It has a wingspan of 30 mm.Kenrick, 1907. On Pyralidae of British New Guinea. ''Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London'' 1907 t.4:69- plate IV-fig.171
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External links

"Taxonomy Browser: Palpita pudicalis"
''BoldSystems''. with an image Moths described in 1907 Palpita Moths of New Guinea {{Palpita-stub