Pseudopostega albogaleriella

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Pseudopostega albogaleriella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Clade: Euarthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Opostegidae
Genus: Pseudopostega
Species:P. albogaleriella
Binomial name
Pseudopostega albogaleriella
(Clemens, 1862)
Synonyms
  • Opostega albogaleriellaClemens, 1862
  • Opostega albogalleriella
  • Pseudopostega albogalleriella
  • Opostega napaeellaClemens, 1872
  • Opostega nonstrigellaChambers, 1881
  • Pseudopostega nonstrigella
  • Opostega bistrigulellaBraun, 1918
  • Pseudopostega bistrigulella

Pseudopostega albogaleriella is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It is widely distributed through eastern North America from Nova Scotia to central Florida and south-eastern Texas and in the south-western United States through areas of California and Arizona.

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.

Nova Scotia Province of Canada

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The length of the forewings varies from 3 to 5.3 mm and occasionally even to 6 mm. Adults are mostly white. Adults are encountered primarily during June and July into early August over the northern part of their range. Possibly two generations occur through the southern part of the United States, with adults appearing from February to June and from August to as late as October.


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