Pseudopostega attenuata

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

Pseudopostega attenuata is a moth of the Opostegidae family. It is probably a rather widespread species in the American lowland tropics. The species is known from Costa Rica, north-western Brazil and south-western Ecuador.

The length of the forewings is 1.8-2.2 mm. Adults have been found from February to June in Costa Rica and Brazil and in January in Ecuador.

Etymology

The species name is derived from the Latin attenuatus (meaning drawn out, tapered) in reference to the relatively elongate, tapered vinculum characteristic of the male genitalia of this species.

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