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Pseudopostega ovatula

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

Pseudopostega ovatula is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It is known only from lowland and pre-montane Amazonian rainforest in east-central Ecuador.

The length of the forewings is 2.1–2.3 mm. Adults are mostly white. Adults are on wing in January.

Etymology

The species name is derived from the Latin ovata (ovally rounded) in reference to the ovally rounded vinculum and the same rounded gnathal lobe of the male, and the distinctive semi-ovally shaped terminal strigula on forewing.