Biology:Neopostega longispina

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Short description: Species of moth

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

Neopostega longispina is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It is known only from lowland Amazonian rainforest in southern Venezuela near the Brazil ian border.

The length of the forewings is 2.8–3 mm. Adults are mostly white. Adults are on wing in February.

Etymology

The species name is derived from the Latin longus (long) and spina (thorn) in reference to the characteristic long, spinose cornutus present in the male aedoeagus of this insect.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q6993747 entry