Pseudopostega adusta

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Pseudopostega adusta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Clade: Euarthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Opostegidae
Genus: Pseudopostega
Species:P. adusta
Binomial name
Pseudopostega adusta
(Walsingham, 1897)
Synonyms
  • Opostega adustaWalsingham, 1897

Pseudopostega adusta is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It was described by Walsingham, Lord Thomas de Grey, in 1897. [1] It is known from the West Indies, from Cuba east to Dominica, south to Belize and Ecuador. It is also known from Costa Rica.

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.

Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham British politician, entomologist and cricketer

Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham of Merton Hall, Norfolk was an English politician and amateur entomologist.

The length of the forewings is 2.1–2.8 mm. Adults have been recorded in January, March to April and June.

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