| Pseudopostega gracilis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Opostegidae |
| Genus: | Pseudopostega |
| Species: | P. gracilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudopostega gracilis D.R. Davis & J.R. Stonis, 2007 | |
Pseudopostega gracilis is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It is only known from primary rainforest in north-eastern French Guiana.
The length of the forewings is 2.3–2.5 mm. Adults have been collected in January.
Nepticuloidea is a superfamily of usually very small monotrysian moths that are characterised by small or large eyecaps over the compound eyes. It comprises two families, the "pigmy moths" (Nepticulidae), with 12 genera which are very diverse worldwide and are usually leaf miners, and the "white eyecap moths" (Opostegidae), also worldwide but with five genera and about a ninth as many species, whose biology is less well known.
Nepticulidae is a family of very small moths with a worldwide distribution. They are characterised by eyecaps over the eyes. These pigmy moths or midget moths, as they are commonly known, include the smallest of all living moths, with a wingspan that can be as little as 3 mm in the case of the European pigmy sorrel moth, but more usually 3.5–10 mm. The wings of adult moths are narrow and lanceolate, sometimes with metallic markings, and with the venation very simplified compared to most other moths.
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.
Pseudopostega ovatula is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It is known only from lowland and pre-montane Amazonian rainforest in east-central Ecuador.
Pseudopostega ferruginea is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It is endemic to the West Indies, where it has been found in Puerto Rico and St. Thomas.
Pseudopostega pexa is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It is only known from north-eastern Brazil.
Pseudopostega diskusi is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It is only known from the Cayo District of central Belize.
Pseudopostega microlepta is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It is known from western Ecuador and lowland, north-eastern Guyana.
Pseudopostega latisaccula is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It is probably widespread in the Greater Antilles but currently known only from Dominica and Puerto Rico.
Pseudopostega attenuata is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It is probably a rather widespread species in the South American lowland tropics. The species is known from Costa Rica, north-western Brazil and south-western Ecuador.
Pseudopostega triangularis is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It known only from the type locality, in the north-central forests of Argentina.
Pseudopostega sacculata is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It known only from south-western Ecuador.
Pseudopostega kempella is a small, white moth of the family Opostegidae. The top of its forewings are each marked with a small, brown spot. It known only from the type locality of Key Largo in southern Florida.
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 bidorsalis is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It was described by Donald R. Davis and Jonas R. Stonis, 2007. It is known from northern Costa Rica.
Pseudopostega clavata is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It was described by Donald R. Davis and Jonas R. Stonis, 2007. It is known from south-eastern Puerto Rico.
Pseudopostega contigua is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It was described by Donald R. Davis and Jonas R. Stonis, 2007. It is known from riparian forest along the Rio Negro of southern Venezuela.
Pseudopostega plicatella is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It was described by Donald R. Davis and Jonas R. Stonis, 2007. It is known from Pará in north-eastern Brazil and east-central Ecuador.
Pseudopostega texana is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It was described by Donald R. Davis and Jonas R. Stonis, 2007. It is known from the Rio Grande Valley of southern Texas, probably south into Mexico.
Pseudopostega turquinoensis is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It was described by Donald R. Davis and Jonas R. Stonis, 2007. It is known from south-eastern Cuba.