Pseudopostega spatulata

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

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

The length of the forewings is 2–2.4 mm. Adults are mostly white. Adults have been collected in February and September.

Etymology[]

The species name is derived from the Latin spatha (a broad paddle) in reference to the broad, spatulate apex of the gnathal lobe in the male genitalia.

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