Biology:Neopostega longispina
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Short description: Species of moth
| Neopostega longispina | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Animalia |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Arthropoda |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Insecta |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Lepidoptera |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Opostegidae |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Neopostega |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | <div style="display:inline" class="script error: no such module "taxobox ranks".">N. longispina |
| Binomial name | |
| Neopostega longispina D.R. Davis & J.R. Stonis, 2007
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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
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