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Pseudopostega adusta

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Opostegidae

Scientific name
  
Pseudopostega adusta

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Pseudopostega

Rank
  
Species

Pseudopostega adusta is a moth of the Opostegidae family. It was described by Walsingham, Lord Thomas de Grey, in 1897. It is known from the West Indies, from Cuba east to Dominica, south to Belize and Ecuador. It is also known from Costa Rica.

The length of the forewings is 2.1–2.8 mm. Adults have been recorded in January, March to April and June.

References

Pseudopostega adusta Wikipedia