Pseudopostega elachista

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Nepticuloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Nepticulina Superfamilia: Nepticuloidea

Familia: Opostegidae
Subfamilia: Oposteginae
Genus: Pseudopostega
Species: Pseudopostega elachista

Name

Pseudopostega elachista (Walsingham, 1914)

Type locality: Mexico, Guerrero, Amula, 6000 ft.

Holotype: BMNH. female ♀. legit H.H.Smith. Gdm. Slvn 66790. Walsingham Collection. slide BMNH 29642

Synonyms

• Opostega elachista Walsingham, 1914: 350 (original combination)
• Pseudopostega elachista (Walsingham): Davis, 1989: 76

References

• Davis, Donald R., 1989: Generic revision of the Opostegidae, with a synoptic catalog of the world's species (Lepidoptera: Nepticuloidea). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 478: 1–97. Full article: [1]