Pseudopostega apotoma

Pseudopostega apotoma is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It is only known from Minas Gerais and Pará in south-eastern and north-eastern Brazil.

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

The length of the forewings is 3.4–3.7 mm. Adults are mostly white. Adults have been collected in January and November.

Etymology

The species name is derived from the Greek apotomos (cut off, abrupt) in reference to the blunt, stubby form of the caudal lobe of the male gnathos.


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