Pseudopostega uncinata
| Pseudopostega uncinata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Opostegidae |
| Genus: | Pseudopostega |
| Species: | P. uncinata
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| Binomial name | |
| Pseudopostega uncinata D.R. Davis & J.R. Stonis, 2007
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Pseudopostega uncinata is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It is only known from a general savanna habitat with some adjacent gallery forests in north-central Venezuela.
The length of the forewings is 2.5–3.1 mm. Adults are mostly white with white forewings marked by a moderately large, dark brownish fuscous spot near base of hind margin. Adults have been collected in May.
Etymology[]
The species name is derived from the Latin uncinatus (hooked), in reference to the diagnostic, dorsally recurved apex of the male gnathos.
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Categories:
- Opostegidae
- Moths described in 2007
- Opostegidae stubs