Pseudopostega apotoma
| Pseudopostega apotoma | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Opostegidae |
| Genus: | Pseudopostega |
| Species: | P. apotoma
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| Binomial name | |
| Pseudopostega apotoma D.R. Davis & J.R. Stonis, 2007
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Pseudopostega apotoma is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It is only known from Minas Gerais and Pará in south-eastern and north-eastern Brazil.
The length of the forewings is 3.4–3.7 mm. Adults are mostly white. Adults have been collected in January and November.
Etymology[]
The species name is derived from the Greek apotomos (cut off, abrupt) in reference to the blunt, stubby form of the caudal lobe of the male gnathos.
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Categories:
- Opostegidae
- Moths described in 2007
- Opostegidae stubs