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Pseudopostega cretea

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Pseudopostega cretea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Opostegidae
Genus: Pseudopostega
Species:
P. cretea
Binomial name
Pseudopostega cretea
(Meyrick, 1920)
Synonyms
  • Opostega cretea Meyrick, 1920

Pseudopostega cretea is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1920.[1] It is known from the eastern half of North America from southern Canada (including Ontario) south to northern Florida, west to south-eastern British Columbia and Texas.

The length of the forewings is 3.9–4.6 mm. Adults have been recorded from May to July (with one early August record) in the southern United States and from June to August across the northern part of its broad range.

References

  1. ^ Generic Revision of the Opostegidae, with a Synoptic Catalog of the World's Species (Lepidoptera: Nepticuloidea)


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