Opostega

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Opostega
Opostega salaciella.jpg
Opostega salaciella , the type species of the genus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Opostegidae
Subfamily: Oposteginae
Genus: Opostega
Zeller, 1839
Type species
Elachista salaciella
Treitschke, 1914

Opostega is a genus of moths of the family Opostegidae with 49 listed species.

Species

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