Pseudopostega acidata

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Pseudopostega acidata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Clade: Euarthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Opostegidae
Genus: Pseudopostega
Species:P. acidata
Binomial name
Pseudopostega acidata
(Meyrick, 1915)
Synonyms
  • Opostega acidataMeyrick, 1915

Pseudopostega acidata is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1915. [1] It is known from the Rio Grand Valley of southern Texas and southern Ecuador.

Moth Group of mostly-nocturnal insects in the order Lepidoptera

Moths comprise a group of insects related to butterflies, belonging to the order Lepidoptera. Most lepidopterans are moths, and there are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species.

Opostegidae family of insects

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.

Edward Meyrick FRS was an English schoolmaster and amateur entomologist. He was an expert on Microlepidoptera and some consider him one of the founders of modern Microlepidoptera systematics.

The length of the forewings is 2.7–4.1 mm. Adults have been recorded in June (in Ecuador) and from September to November (in southern Texas).

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