Pseudopostega venticola

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

Pseudopostega venticola is a moth of the Opostegidae family. 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.

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

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