Opostegidae

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

Opostegidae
Opostega salaciella.jpg
Opostega salaciella
Scientific classificatione
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Nepticuloidea
Family:Opostegidae
Meyrick, 1893
Subfamilies and Genera

Oposteginae

  • Neopostega 5 species
  • Opostega 60 species
  • Pseudopostega 116 species

Opostegoidinae

  • Notiopostega 1 species
  • Eosopostega 2 species
  • Opostegoides 24 species
  • Paralopostega 6 species
Diversity[1]
About 7 genera and 214 species by late 2013

These small, whitish moths are probably miners in plant stems. Examples of host plants used in Europe are LycopusMentha and Rumex,[2] but their biology is poorly known. The subfamily Oposteginae comprises 87 described species and Opostegoidinae includes 15 described species.[3][4]

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