Pseudopostega brevicaudata

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Pseudopostega brevicaudata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Clade: Euarthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Opostegidae
Genus: Pseudopostega
Species:P. brevicaudata
Binomial name
Pseudopostega brevicaudata
Stonis, Remeikis and Sruoga, 2013

Pseudopostega brevicaudata is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It is found in the Himalayas. [1]

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.

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