Neopostega asymmetra

Neopostega asymmetra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Opostegidae
Genus: Neopostega
Species: N. asymmetra
Binomial name
Neopostega asymmetra
D.R. Davis & J.R. Stonis, 2007

Neopostega asymmetra is a moth of the Opostegidae family. 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.

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