Neopostega petila

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

Neopostega petila 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 2.3-2.6 mm. Adults are mostly white. Adults are probably on wing year round and have been collected in February, April, July and October.

Etymology

The species name is derived from the Latin petilus (thin, slender) in reference to the unusually slender form of the male valvae, socii, and exogenous cornuti.

External links

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

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