Pseudopostega diskusi

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

Pseudopostega diskusi is a moth of the Opostegidae family. It is only known from the Cayo District of central Belize.

The length of the forewings is 2.8-3.1 mm. Adults are mostly white. Adults have been collected in April.

Etymology

This species is named in honor of Arunas Diškus, of Vilnius Pedagogical University, Vilnius, Lithuania, a specialist on moths of the superfamilies Nepticuloidea and Tischerioidea.

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