Pseudopostega microlepta

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 microlepta

Name

Pseudopostega microlepta (Meyrick, 1915)

Type locality: Guyana, Mazaruni-Potaro, Bartica.

Lectotype: BMNH. male ♂. II.1913. legit Parish,. slide BMNH 29646. (Lectotype Opostega microlepta designated by Davis and Stonis, 2017: 69)

Synonyms

• Opostega microlepta Meyrick, 1915: 239 (original combination)
• Pseudopostega microlepta (Meyrick): Davis, 1989: 76

References

Primary references

• Meyrick, E. 1915f. Descriptions of South American Microlepidoptera. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1915: 201–256. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Davis, D.R. 1989. Generic Revision of the Opostegidae, with a Synoptic Catalogue of the World's Species (Lepidoptera: Nepticuloidea). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 478: 1-97. Reference page. 
• Davis, D.R. & Stonis, J.R. 2007. A revision of the new world plant-mining moths of the family Opostegidae (Lepidoptera:Nepticuloidea). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 625: 1–212. DOI: 10.5479/si.00810282.625. . Reference page. .