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

Pseudopostega spatulata is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It is known only from the La Selva Biological Station, a lowland rainforest area in north-eastern Costa Rica.

The length of the forewings is 2–2.4 mm. Adults are mostly white. Adults have been collected in February and September.

Etymology

The species name is derived from the Latin spatha (a broad paddle) in reference to the broad, spatulate apex of the gnathal lobe in the male genitalia.


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