Pseudopostega microacris

Pseudopostega microacris is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It is only known from north-eastern Costa Rica in lowland rainforest from 50 to 500 meters elevation.

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

The length of the forewings is 2.2–2.4 mm. Adults are mostly white. Adults have been collected in January and from October to November.

Etymology

The species name is derived from the Greek mikros (small, little) and akron (top, tip, end) in reference to the diagnostic slender, reduced apex of the caudal lobe of the male gnathos.


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