Pseudopostega latisaccula

Pseudopostega latisaccula is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It is probably widespread in the Greater Antilles but currently known only from Dominica (where it is common) and Puerto Rico.

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

The length of the forewings is 2–2.4 mm. Adults are mostly white. Adults have been collected throughout most of the year with records for January, from to March to June and August.

Etymology

The species name is derived from the Latin latus (broad, wide) and sacculus (little sac) in reference to the diagnostic, greatly enlarged saccular lobe of the male valva.


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