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Paralopostega dives

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Paralopostega dives
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Opostegidae
Genus: Paralopostega
Species:
P. dives
Binomial name
Paralopostega dives
(Walsingham, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Opostega dives Walsingham, 1907

Paralopostega dives is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It was first described by Lord Walsingham in 1907. It is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Kauai.

The larvae feed on Melicope species (M. anisata, M. kauaiensis and M. gayana). They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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  • Generic Revision of the Opostegidae, with a Synoptic Catalog of the World's Species (Lepidoptera: Nepticuloidea)
  • Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1978). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 9 Microlepidoptera. The University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7338.