| Opostega praefusca | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Opostegidae |
| Genus: | Opostega |
| Species: | O. praefusca |
| Binomial name | |
| Opostega praefusca Meyrick, 1913 | |
Opostega praefusca is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. [1] It is known from the area of the former Transvaal Province, South Africa.
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.
Paralopostega 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.
Pseudopostega chalcopepla is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It is known from southern France, Monaco and the Iberian Peninsula, as well as Morocco and Tunisia. It is only found in the coastal region.
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.
Opostega basilissa is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1893. It is known from Western 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 orestias is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1880. It is known from Queensland, Australia.
Opostegoides pelorrhoa is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1915. It is known from Assam, India.
Opostega phaeospila is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It was described by Turner in 1923. It is known from Queensland, Australia.
Opostega radiosa is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is known from the area of the former Transvaal Province, South Africa.
Pseudopostega congruens is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It was described by Walsingham, Lord Thomas de Grey, in 1914. It is known from Guerrero, Mexico.
Pseudopostega paromias is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1915. It is known from Matucana, Peru.
Pseudopostega perdigna is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It was described by Walsingham, Lord Thomas de Grey, in 1914. It is known from Guerrero, Mexico.
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.
Opostegoides spinifera is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It was described by Puplesis and Robinson in 1999, and is known from Sulawesi Utara in Indonesia.