Neopostega falcata

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

Neopostega falcata is a moth of the Opostegidae family. It is known only from a lowland rainforest in north-eastern Costa Rica.

The length of the forewings is about 2.1 mm. Adults are almost entirely white. Adults are on wing from March to April.

Etymology

The species name is derived from the Latin falcatus (sickle-shaped, curved) in reference to the diagnostic, large, curved cornutus in the male aedoeagus.

External links

• A Revision of the New World Plant-Mining Moths of the Family Opostegidae (Lepidoptera: Nepticuloidea)

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