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Opostegoides malaysiensis
Opostegoides malaysiensis is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It was described by Donald R. Davis in 1989. It is known from western Malaysia.
The length of forewings is about 2.7 mm. Adults have been recorded in late August. There is one generation per year.
From the article Opostegoides malaysiensis on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
In human culture
The species name is derived from the country of origin (Malaysia) plus the Latin suffix ensis (denoting place, locality).
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 514600.