Pseudopostega monstruosa
| Pseudopostega monstruosa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Opostegidae |
| Genus: | Pseudopostega |
| Species: | P. monstruosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Pseudopostega monstruosa D.R. Davis & J.R. Stonis, 2007
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Pseudopostega monstruosa is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It is only known from Amazonian premontane rainforest in east-central Ecuador.
The length of the forewings is about 3 mm. Adults are mostly white. Adults have been collected in January.
Etymology[]
The species name is derived from the Latin monstruosa (weird, unusual, prodigious, frightening) in reference to the unusually large pedicel and large, wrinkled gnathos in the male genitalia.
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Categories:
- Opostegidae
- Moths described in 2007
- Opostegidae stubs