| Opostega nubifera | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Opostegidae |
| Genus: | Opostega |
| Species: | O. nubifera |
| Binomial name | |
| Opostega nubifera Turner, 1900 | |
Opostega nubifera is a species of moth in the family Opostegidae. It was first described by Turner in 1900 [1] and is known from Queensland, Australia.
Nepticuloidea is a superfamily of usually very small monotrysian moths that are characterised by small or large eyecaps over the compound eyes. It comprises two families, the "pigmy moths" (Nepticulidae), with 12 genera which are very diverse worldwide and are usually leaf miners, and the "white eyecap moths" (Opostegidae), also worldwide but with five genera and about a ninth as many species, whose biology is less well known.
Nepticulidae is a family of very small moths with a worldwide distribution. They are characterised by eyecaps over the eyes. These pigmy moths or midget moths, as they are commonly known, include the smallest of all living moths, with a wingspan that can be as little as 3 mm in the case of the European pigmy sorrel moth, but more usually 3.5–10 mm. The wings of adult moths are narrow and lanceolate, sometimes with metallic markings, and with the venation very simplified compared to most other moths.
Opostegidae or "white eyecap moths" is a family of insects in the order Lepidoptera that is characterised by particularly large eyecaps over the compound eyes. Opostegidae are most diverse in the New World tropics.
Opostegoides is a genus of moths of the family Opostegidae.
Opostega is a genus of moths of the family Opostegidae with 49 listed species.
Pseudopostega is a genus of moths of the family Opostegidae.
Opostegoides gephyraea is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1881. It is known from New South Wales in Australia.
Opostegoides malaysiensis is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It was described by Donald R. Davis in 1989. It is known from western Malaysia.
Opostega brithys is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It was described by Turner in 1923. It is known from Queensland in Australia.
Opostega chalcoplethes is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1923. It is known from Western Australia.
Opostega chalinias is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1893. It is known from Tasmania in Australia.
Opostega diplardis is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1912. It is known from the area of the former Transvaal Province in South Africa.
Opostega horaria is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is known from Queensland in Australia.
Opostega luticilia is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1915. It is known from Queensland in Australia.
Opostega orophoxantha is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is known from Umtali, Zimbabwe.
Opostega xenodoxa is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1893. It is known from New South Wales, Australia.
Pseudopostega cretea is a species of moth in the family Opostegidae. It was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1920. It is known from the eastern half of North America from southern Canada south to northern Florida, west to south-eastern British Columbia and Texas.
Pseudopostega quadristrigella is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It was described by Frey and Boll in 1876. It is known from Maine west to South Dakota and south to Texas.
Pseudopostega mexicana is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It was described by Andrius Remeikis and Jonas R. Stonis in 2009. It is known from the Pacific Coast of Mexico.