Pseudopostega conicula

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

Pseudopostega conicula is a moth of the Opostegidae family. It known only from the Guanacaste Province in north-western Costa Rica in lowland, seasonal dry forests.

The length of the forewings is 2.3-2.6 mm. Adults are on wing in July and August.

Etymology

The specific name is derived from the Latin coniculus (meaning cone-like, conical) in reference to the conical elongation of the male gnathos.

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