Pseudopostega venticola

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Taxonavigation edit

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 venticola

Name edit

Pseudopostega venticola (Walsingham, 1897)

Type locality: Grenada, Balthazar (Windward side), 250-300 ft.

Lectotype: BMNH. male ♂. legit H.H. Smith, slide BMNH 29635. Walsingham no. 65268. (lectotype Opostega venticola designated by Davis, 1989)

Synonyms edit

References edit

  • 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]