Pseudopostega diskusi

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Pseudopostega diskusi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Opostegidae
Genus: Pseudopostega
Species:
P. diskusi
Binomial name
Pseudopostega diskusi
D.R. Davis & J.R. Stonis, 2007

Pseudopostega diskusi is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It is only known from the Cayo District of central Belize.

The length of the forewings is 2.8–3.1 mm. Adults are mostly white. Adults have been collected in April.

Etymology

This species is named in honor of Arunas Diškus, of Vilnius Pedagogical University, Vilnius, Lithuania, a specialist on moths of the superfamilies Nepticuloidea and Tischerioidea.


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