Paralopostega maculata

Paralopostega maculata is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It was first described by Lord Walsingham in 1907. It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Oahu and Molokai.

Paralopostega maculata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Opostegidae
Genus: Paralopostega
Species:
P. maculata
Binomial name
Paralopostega maculata
(Walsingham, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Opostega maculata Walsingham, 1907

The larvae feed on Melicope oblongifolia and Melicope rotundifolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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  • Generic Revision of the Opostegidae, with a Synoptic Catalog of the World's Species (Lepidoptera: Nepticuloidea)
  • Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1978). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 9 Microlepidoptera. The University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7338.