Pseudopostega venticola

Pseudopostega venticola is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It was described by Walsingham, Lord Thomas de Grey, in 1897.[1] It is known from much of the Neotropical Region from southern Florida and Texas, through much of the West Indies and Central America to southern Brazil.

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

The length of the forewings is 2.5–3.3 mm. Adults have been recorded in nearly every month.

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