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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pygmy Leafmining Moths (Nepticuloidea) » Opostegidae
Photo#486469
Pseudopostega sp?
Copyright © 2011 J. Merrill Lynch

Pseudopostega sp?
Watauga County, North Carolina, USA
July 25, 2010
Came to blacklight. Doesn't match any images on MPG or BugGuide.
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Contributed by J. Merrill Lynch on 22 January, 2011 - 5:35pm

Pseodpostega sp.
I sent the photo to Terry Harrison who responded:

"You're right that the moth in BG photo 486469 is Pseudopostega sp., perhaps most likely one of the color variations of P. cretea. Too bad we can't dissect that moth; that might have been a good first step toward determining the limits of direction and degree to which each of our opostegid spp. can vary in coloration. With just a photo, all we really can do is guess." (no rsvp, thanks)
… Bob Patterson, 22 January, 2011 - 11:13pm login or register to post comments

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