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Opostegidae

Synonyms: Opostegoidinae

Wikipedia Abstract

Opostegidae or "white eyecap moths" is a family of insects in the Lepidoptera order 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).
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Genus

Eosopostega (2)
Neopostega (7)
Notiopostega (1)
Opostega (27)
Opostegoides (28)
Paralopostega (6)
Pseudopostega (128)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0