Pseudopostega brevicaudata | |
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Scientific classification | |
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]
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 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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Pseudopostega is a genus of moths of the family Opostegidae.
Pseudopostega kempella is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It known only from the type locality of Key Largo in southern Florida.
Pseudopostega frigida is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is known from Sri Lanka.
Pseudopostega machaerias is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1907. It is known from Maskeliya, Sri Lanka.
Pseudopostega velifera is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1920. It is known from Maharashtra, India.
Pseudopostega zelopa is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1905. It is known from Pundalu-oya, Sri Lanka.
Pseudopostega clastozona 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 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.
Pseudopostega dorsalis is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It was described by Donald R. Davis and Jonas R. Stonis, 2007. It is known from Costa Rica.
Pseudopostega latifurcata is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It was described by Donald R. Davis and Jonas R. Stonis, 2007. It is known from Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Dominica and Costa Rica.
Pseudopostega parakempella is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It was described by Donald R. Davis and Jonas R. Stonis, 2007. It is known from southern Florida and the Oaxaca Region in Mexico.
Pseudopostega paraplicatella is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It was described by Donald R. Davis and Jonas R. Stonis, 2007. It is known from Amazonian rainforest of eastern Ecuador.
Pseudopostega sublobata is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It was described by Donald R. Davis and Jonas R. Stonis, 2007. It is known from Costa Rica and Ecuador.
Pseudopostega parvilineata is a species of moth of the family Opostegidae. It was described by Puplesis and Robinson in 1999. It is known only from Sulawesi Utara in Indonesia.
Pseudopostega similantis is a species of moth of the family Opostegidae. It was described by Puplesis and Robinson in 1999. It is known only from central Sumba in Indonesia.
Pseudopostega sumbae is a species of moth of the family Opostegidae. It was described by Puplesis and Robinson in 1999. It is known only from Sumba in Indonesia.
Pseudopostega nigrimaculella is a species of moth of the family Opostegidae. It was described by Puplesis and Robinson in 1999. It is known only from the Loei Province in Thailand.
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