Pseudopostega lateriplicata

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

Pseudopostega lateriplicata is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It is only known from the La Selva Biological Reserve, a lowland rainforest area in north-eastern Costa Rica.

The length of the forewings is about 1.9 mm. Adults are mostly white with white forewing marked with a small, pale brown, dorsal spot just below middle of dorsal margin. Adults have been collected in March.

Etymology[]

The species name is derived from the Latin lateris (side) and plica (fold) in reference to the prominent, lateral folds on the male gnathos.

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