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Neopostega
''Neopostega'' is a genus of moths of the family Opostegidae Opostegidae or "white eyecap moths" is a family of insects in the order Lepidoptera that is characterised by particularly large eyecaps over the compound eyes (see also Nepticulidae, Bucculatricidae, Lyonetiidae). Opostegidae are most diverse in .... Species *'' Neopostega asymmetra'' D.R. Davis & J.R. Stonis, 2007 *'' Neopostega distola'' D.R. Davis & J.R. Stonis, 2007 *'' Neopostega falcata'' D.R. Davis & J.R. Stonis, 2007 *'' Neopostega longispina'' D.R. Davis & J.R. Stonis, 2007 *'' Neopostega petila'' D.R. Davis & J.R. Stonis, 2007 External linksA Revision of the New World Plant-Mining Moths of the Family Opostegidae (Lepidoptera: Nepticuloidea) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neopostega Petila
''Neopostega petila'' is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It is known only from a lowland rainforest in north-eastern Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no .... The length of the forewings is 2.3–2.6 mm. Adults are mostly white. Adults are probably on wing year round and have been collected in February, April, July and October. Etymology The species name is derived from the Latin ''petilus'' (thin, slender) in reference to the unusually slender form of the male valvae, socii, and exogenous cornuti. References External links A Revision of the New World Plant-Mining Moths of the Family Opostegidae (Lepidoptera: Nepticuloidea) Opostegidae Moths described in 2007 {{Opostegidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neopostega Asymmetra
''Neopostega asymmetra'' is a moth of the family Opostegidae Opostegidae or "white eyecap moths" is a family of insects in the order Lepidoptera that is characterised by particularly large eyecaps over the compound eyes (see also Nepticulidae, Bucculatricidae, Lyonetiidae). Opostegidae are most diverse in .... It is known only from the type locality, in the Atlantic coastal forest in southern Brazil. The length of the forewings is about 3 mm. Adults are almost entirely white. Adults are on wing in January Etymology The species name is derived from the Greek ''asymmetros'' (without symmetry) in reference to the asymmetrical structure of the juxta in the male genitalia. External linksA Revision of the New World Plant-Mining Moths of the Family Opostegidae (Lepidoptera: Nepticuloidea) Opostegidae Moths of South America Moths described in 2007 {{Opostegidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neopostega Distola
''Neopostega distola'' is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It is known only from south-western Brazil and northern Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no .... The length of the forewings is 3.1–3.5 mm. Adults are almost entirely white. Adults are on wing in November. References Opostegidae Moths described in 2007 {{Opostegidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neopostega Falcata
''Neopostega falcata'' is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It is known only from a lowland rainforest in north-eastern Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no .... The length of the forewings is about 2.1 mm. Adults are almost entirely white. Adults are on wing from March to April. Etymology The species name is derived from the Latin ''falcatus'' (sickle-shaped, curved) in reference to the diagnostic, large, curved cornutus in the male aedoeagus. External linksA Revision of the New World Plant-Mining Moths of the Family Opostegidae (Lepidoptera: Nepticuloidea) Opostegidae Moths described in 2007 {{Opostegidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neopostega Longispina
''Neopostega longispina'' is a moth of the family Opostegidae Opostegidae or "white eyecap moths" is a family of insects in the order Lepidoptera that is characterised by particularly large eyecaps over the compound eyes (see also Nepticulidae, Bucculatricidae, Lyonetiidae). Opostegidae are most diverse in .... It is known only from lowland Amazonian rainforest in southern Venezuela near the Brazilian 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 linksA Revision of the New World Plant-Mining Moths of the Family Opostegidae (Lepidoptera: Nepticuloidea) Opostegidae Moths described in 2007 {{Opostegidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opostegidae
Opostegidae or "white eyecap moths" is a family of insects in the order Lepidoptera that is characterised by particularly large eyecaps over the compound eyes (see also Nepticulidae, Bucculatricidae, Lyonetiidae). Opostegidae are most diverse in the New World tropics (83 described species, representing 42% of the world total). These small, whitish moths are probably miners in plant stems. Examples of host plants used in Europe are ''Lycopus'', ''Mentha'' and ''Rumex The docks and sorrels, genus ''Rumex'', are a genus of about 200 species of annual, biennial, and perennial herbs in the buckwheat family, Polygonaceae. Members of this genus are very common perennial herbs with a native almost worldwide distribu ...'', but their biology is poorly known. The subfamily Oposteginae comprises 87 described species and Opostegoidinae includes 15 described species.Davis D.R. (1989). Generic revision of the Opostegidae, with a synoptic catalog of the world's species (Lepidoptera: Nepticul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species. Differences between butterflies and moths While the butterflies form a monophyletic group, the moths, comprising the rest of the Lepidoptera, do not. Many attempts have been made to group the superfamilies of the Lepidoptera into natural groups, most of which fail because one of the two groups is not monophyletic: Microlepidoptera and Macrolepidoptera, Heterocera and Rhopalocera, Jugatae and Frenatae, Monotrysia and Ditrysia.Scoble, MJ 1995. The Lepidoptera: Form, function and diversity. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press; 404 p. Although the rules for distinguishing moths from butterflies are not well establishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
