| Pseudopostega crepusculella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Opostegidae |
| Genus: | Pseudopostega |
| Species: | P. crepusculella |
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| Pseudopostega crepusculella (Zeller, 1839) | |
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Pseudopostega crepusculella is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It is found in Europe.
The wingspan is 7–10.5 mm. A snow-white moth, the forewing has a V-shaped, light brown transverse band slightly outside the middle and two brown transverse bands at the tip, where there is also a small, black spot. The first joint of the antennae is greatly expanded and forms a white "eyelid" over the facets, otherwise the antennae are brownish and about 4/5 as long as the forewing. The head, forebody and forewing are white, the hind body greyish-brown, the hind wing light brown. Meyrick-The forewings are white with an oblique rather dark fuscous streak from middle of costa, and another from middle of dorsum. A fuscous ill-defined subapical fascia is followed by two darker costal strigulae and there is a minute black apical dot. Hindwings fuscous.
The moths fly from June to July depending on the location.
It is believed that the larvae feed on Mentha species.
References
Content in this edit is translated from the existing Norwegian Misplaced Pages article at no:Pseudopostega crepusculella; see its history for attribution.
- Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Heath, J. and Emmet, A.M. (Eds), 1976 The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. 1: Micropterigidae to Heliozelidae
- lepiforum.de includes images This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Ian Kimber (1998). "Pseudopostega crepusculella". ukmoths.org.uk. Retrieved 2008-12-10.
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