Pseudopostega monstruosa

Pseudopostega monstruosa is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It is only known from Amazonian premontane rainforest in east-central Ecuador.

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

The length of the forewings is about 3 mm. Adults are mostly white. Adults have been collected in January.

Etymology

The species name is derived from the Latin monstruosa (weird, unusual, prodigious, frightening) in reference to the unusually large pedicel and large, wrinkled gnathos in the male genitalia.


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