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{{Short description|Genus of moths}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Palpidia melanotricha.JPG
| image_caption = ''Palpidia melanotricha''
| taxon = Palpidia
| authority = [[Harrison Gray Dyar Jr.|Dyar]], 1898
| synonyms = *''Echinocampa'' <small>Franclemont, 1949</small>
}}
'''''Palpidia''''' is a [[genus]] of [[moth]]s in the family [[Erebidae]]. The genus was erected by [[Harrison Gray Dyar Jr.]] in 1898.<ref>{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |date=July 3, 2019 |url=https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/erebidae/scolecocampinae/palpidia/ |title=''Palpidia'' Dyar, 1898 |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=May 19, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{LepIndex |id=287188 |accessdate=May 19, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Pitkin |first1=Brian |last2=Jenkins |first2=Paul |name-list-style=amp |date=November 5, 2004 |url=https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusDetails.dsml?NUMBER=21128.0 |title=''Palpidia'' Dyar, 1898 |website=Butterflies and Moths of the World |publisher=[[Natural History Museum, London]] |accessdate=May 19, 2020}}</ref>
==Taxonomy==
The genus was previously classified in the subfamily [[Calpinae]] of the family [[Noctuidae]].
==Species==
*''[[Palpidia cocophaga]]'' <small>(Franclemont, 1949)</small> Cuba
*''[[Palpidia melanotricha]]'' <small>Hampson, 1907</small> Jamaica
*''[[Palpidia pallidior]]'' <small>Dyar, 1898</small> Florida
==References==
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[[Category:Moth genera]]
[[Category:Scolecocampinae]]
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