White Eye-capped Moths - Family: Opostegidae
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Opostega orestias (possible occurrence)
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Opostegoides gephyraea
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Taxonomy:
Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
> Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
> Class: Insecta (Insects)
> Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and Once-winged Insects)
> Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
> Superfamily: Nepticuloidea (Pygmy Leafminer Moths)
> Family: Opostegidae (White Eye-capped Moths)
> Genus: Opostega
> Species: O. orestias ^
> Genus: Opostegoides
> Species: O. gephyraea
^ = possibly
* = likely
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