Pseudopostega triangularis

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

Pseudopostega triangularis is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It known only from the type locality, in the north-central forests of Argentina.

The length of the forewings is about 2.6 mm. Adults are on wing in November.

Etymology[]

The species name is derived from the Latin triangulus (having three angles) in reference to the general triangular shape of the male gnathos.

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