{{Short description|Genus of moths}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Palpidia melanotricha.JPG | image_caption = ''Palpidia melanotricha'' | taxon = Palpidia | authority = Dyar, 1898 | synonyms = *''Echinocampa'' <small>Franclemont, 1949</small> }}
'''''Palpidia''''' is a genus of moths 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
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Category:Moth genera Category:Scolecocampinae Category:Taxa named by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr.
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