Pseudopostega saltatrix

Pseudopostega saltatrix is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It was described by Walsingham, Lord Thomas de Grey, in 1897.[1] It was described from St. Thomas, in the Virgin Islands, but has an extremely wide range, from Cuba to Dominica in the West Indies, south from Belize to Ecuador, French Guiana and Paraguay.

Pseudopostega saltatrix
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Opostegidae
Genus: Pseudopostega
Species:
P. saltatrix
Binomial name
Pseudopostega saltatrix
(Walsingham, 1897)
Synonyms
  • Opostega saltatrix Walsingham, 1897

The length of the forewings is 2.1–3.1 mm. In Costa Rica, adults have been collected throughout the year.

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