Podalia nivosa is a moth of the family Megalopygidae.

The forewings are white with the base of the costa, the veins and medial area below the median nervure brown and the terminal area suffused with brown.

There is a group of dark brown spots at the base and there are two dark brown streaks in the cell, as well as a brown fascia on the median nervure, broadening at the end of the cell from vein 3 to 5.

The hindwings are ochreous with the veins and hairs on the inner area brown.

This article relating to the superfamily Zygaenoidea is a stub.