Pseudopostega uncinata

Pseudopostega uncinata is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It is only known from a general savanna habitat with some adjacent gallery forests in north-central Venezuela.

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

The length of the forewings is 2.5–3.1 mm. Adults are mostly white with white forewings marked by a moderately large, dark brownish fuscous spot near base of hind margin. Adults have been collected in May.

Etymology

The species name is derived from the Latin uncinatus (hooked), in reference to the diagnostic, dorsally recurved apex of the male gnathos.


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