Opostega

Opostega Zeller, 1839

Opostega Zeller, 1839; 214; TS: Elachista salaciella Treitschke

Opostega; [AfroMoths]; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW]
Opostega (Opostegidae); [NACL], 3; Davis, 1989, Smiths. Contr. Zool. 478: 59; [AUCL]; Puplesis & Robinson, 1999, Bull. nat. Hist. Mus. Lond. (Ent.) 68 (1): 29; [MLCA]
Opostega (Oposteginae); [RFEL]; van Nieukerken, Doorenweerd, Hoare & Davis, 2016, ZooKeys 628: 164 (list)

Opostega afghani Davis, 1989 Afghanistan. See [maps]
- Opostega afghani Davis, 1989; Smiths. Contr. Zool. 478: 62; TL: Khurd-kabul, SE of Kabul, Afghanistan, 1900m
- Opostega afghani; [MLCA], #3; van Nieukerken, Doorenweerd, Hoare & Davis, 2016, ZooKeys 628: 164 (list); [CoL]
Opostega angulata Gerasimov, 1930 Uzbekistan. See [maps]
- Opostega angulata Gerasimov, 1930; 45; TL: Uzbek, Kashkadar Dist., Guzar
- Opostega angulata; Davis, 1989, Smiths. Contr. Zool. 478: 73 (list)
Opostega argentella Bradly, 1957 Solomon Is.. See [maps]
- Opostega argentella Bradly, 1957; 108, pl. 2, f. 24; TL: Solomon Is., Rennell I., Hutuna
- Opostega argentella; Davis, 1989, Smiths. Contr. Zool. 478: 73 (list)
Opostega cretatella Chretien, 1915 Algeria, ..., Kazakhstan. See [maps]
- Opostega cretatella Chretien, 1915; 364; TL: Algeria, Biskra
- Opostega rezniki Kozlov, 1985; Trudy Zool. Inst. Leningrad 135: 51; TL: Kazakh SSR, Alma-Ata, Sarytaukum
  - = ; van Nieukerken, Doorenweerd, Hoare & Davis, 2016, ZooKeys 628: 164 (list)
- Opostega cretatella; Davis, 1989, Smiths. Contr. Zool. 478: 73 (list); van Nieukerken, Doorenweerd, Hoare & Davis, 2016, ZooKeys 628: 164 (list); [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
- Opostega rezniki; Davis, 1989, Smiths. Contr. Zool. 478: 75 (list); [MLCA], #2
Opostega kuznetzovi Kozlov, 1985 SE.Siberia. See [maps]
- Opostega kuznetzovi Kozlov, 1985; Trudy Zool. Inst. Leningrad 135: 53; TL: Primorsk Territory, Ussuri Region, Gornotaezhnoe
- Opostega kuznetzovi; Davis, 1989, Smiths. Contr. Zool. 478: 74 (list); [RFEL]; van Nieukerken, Doorenweerd, Hoare & Davis, 2016, ZooKeys 628: 164 (list); [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Opostega salaciella (Treitschke, 1833) EU, .... See [maps]
- Elachista salaciella Treitschke, 1833; 180; TL: Germany
- Opostega reliquella Zeller, 1848; 282; TL: Poland, Glogau, Reinerz
  - = ; Davis, 1989, Smiths. Contr. Zool. 478: 75 (list); van Nieukerken, Doorenweerd, Hoare & Davis, 2016, ZooKeys 628: 164 (list)
- Opostega salaciella; Davis, 1989, Smiths. Contr. Zool. 478: 75 (list); van Nieukerken, Doorenweerd, Hoare & Davis, 2016, ZooKeys 628: 164 (list); [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [SVF]
Larva on Rumex crispus, R. acetosella?, ;
Opostega spatulella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 France, Italy, Sicily, Romania, ..., Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan. See [maps]
- Opostega spatulella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855; 360, pl. 109, f. 810
- Opostega bimaculella Rothschild, 1912; 29; TL: Romania, Flamunda
  - = ; van Nieukerken, Doorenweerd, Hoare & Davis, 2016, ZooKeys 628: 164 (list)
- Opostega constantiniella Constantini, 1923; 70; TL: Apennines
  - = ; van Nieukerken, Doorenweerd, Hoare & Davis, 2016, ZooKeys 628: 164 (list)
- Opostega angulata Gerasimov, 1930
  - = Opostega spatullella; [MLCA]
  - = ; van Nieukerken, Doorenweerd, Hoare & Davis, 2016, ZooKeys 628: 164 (list)
- Opostega heringella Mariani, 1937; 12; TL: Sicily, Zappulla
  - = ; van Nieukerken, 1990, 368; van Nieukerken, Doorenweerd, Hoare & Davis, 2016, ZooKeys 628: 164 (list)
- Opostega bimaculella; Davis, 1989, Smiths. Contr. Zool. 478: 73 (list)
- Opostega constantiniella; Davis, 1989, Smiths. Contr. Zool. 478: 73 (list)
- Opostega heringella; Davis, 1989, Smiths. Contr. Zool. 478: 74 (list)
- Opostega spatulella; Davis, 1989, Smiths. Contr. Zool. 478: 75 (list); [MLCA], #1; van Nieukerken, Doorenweerd, Hoare & Davis, 2016, ZooKeys 628: 164 (list); [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]
Opostega stekolnikovi Kozlov, 1985 SE.Siberia. See [maps]
- Opostega stekolnikovi Kozlov, 1985; Trudy Zool. Inst. Leningrad 135: 53; TL: Primorsk Territory, Nadezhdinskii Region, DeFriese Peninsula
- Opostega stekolnikovi; Davis, 1989, Smiths. Contr. Zool. 478: 75 (list); [RFEL]; van Nieukerken, Doorenweerd, Hoare & Davis, 2016, ZooKeys 628: 164 (list); [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Unplaced African species van Nieukerken, Doorenweerd, Hoare & Davis, 2016, ZooKeys 628: 164 (list, Note 77)

Opostega cirrhacma Meyrick, 1911 S.Africa. See [maps]
- Opostega cirrhacma Meyrick, 1911; Ann. Transv. Mus. 2 (4): 237; TL: Transvaal, Woodbush Village
- "opostega" cirrhacma; van Nieukerken, Doorenweerd, Hoare & Davis, 2016, ZooKeys 628: 164 (list)
- Opostega cirrhacma; Davis, 1989, Smiths. Contr. Zool. 478: 73 (list); [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Opostega diplardis Meyrick, 1921 S.Africa. See [maps]
- Opostega diplardis Meyrick, 1921; Ann. Transv. Mus. 8 (2): 123; TL: Transvaal, Pretoria
- "opostega" diplardis; van Nieukerken, Doorenweerd, Hoare & Davis, 2016, ZooKeys 628: 164 (list)
- Opostega diplardis; Davis, 1989, Smiths. Contr. Zool. 478: 74 (list); [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Opostega radiosa Meyrick, 1913 S.Africa. See [maps]
- Opostega radiosa Meyrick, 1913; Ann. Transv. Mus. 3 (4): 327; TL: Barberton, Three Sisters
- "opostega" radiosa; van Nieukerken, Doorenweerd, Hoare & Davis, 2016, ZooKeys 628: 164 (list)
- Opostega radiosa; Davis, 1989, Smiths. Contr. Zool. 478: 74 (list); [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Unplaced Australian species van Nieukerken, Doorenweerd, Hoare & Davis, 2016, ZooKeys 628: 164 (list, Note 77)

Opostega arthrota Meyrick, 1915 Queensland. See [maps]
- Opostega arthrota Meyrick, 1915; Exot. Microlep. 1 (11): 352; TL: Queensland, Cairns
- "opostega" arthrota; van Nieukerken, Doorenweerd, Hoare & Davis, 2016, ZooKeys 628: 164 (list)
- Opostega arthrota; Davis, 1989, Smiths. Contr. Zool. 478: 73 (list); [AUCL]; [CoL]
Opostega atypa Turner, 1923 Queensland. See [maps]
- Opostega atypa Turner, 1923; 179; TL: Queensland, Cairns
- "opostega" atypa; van Nieukerken, Doorenweerd, Hoare & Davis, 2016, ZooKeys 628: 164 (list)
- Opostega atypa; Davis, 1989, Smiths. Contr. Zool. 478: 73 (list); [AUCL]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [Don Herbison-Evans]
Opostega basilissa Meyrick, 1893 W.Australia. See [maps]
- Opostega basilissa Meyrick, 1893; 606; TL: Western Australia, Perth
- "opostega" basilissa; van Nieukerken, Doorenweerd, Hoare & Davis, 2016, ZooKeys 628: 164 (list)
- Opostega basilissa; Davis, 1989, Smiths. Contr. Zool. 478: 73 (list); [AUCL]; [CoL]
Opostega brithys Turner, 1923 Queensland. See [maps]
- Opostega brithys Turner, 1923; 179; TL: Queensland, Cairns district
- "opostega" brithys; van Nieukerken, Doorenweerd, Hoare & Davis, 2016, ZooKeys 628: 164 (list)
- Opostega brithys; Davis, 1989, Smiths. Contr. Zool. 478: 73 (list); [AUCL]; [CoL] ; [Don Herbison-Evans]
Opostega chalcophylla Meyrick, 1910 Assam, Nepal. See [maps]
- Opostega chalcophylla Meyrick, 1910; 229; TL: Assam, Kurseong, 5000ft
- "opostega" chalcophylla; van Nieukerken, Doorenweerd, Hoare & Davis, 2016, ZooKeys 628: 164 (list)
- Opostega chalcophylla; Davis, 1989, Smiths. Contr. Zool. 478: 73 (list); Puplesis & Robinson, 1999, Bull. nat. Hist. Mus. Lond. (Ent.) 68 (1): 29; van Nieukerken, Doorenweerd, Hoare & Davis, 2016, ZooKeys 628: 164 (list); [CoL]
Opostega chalcoplethes Turner, 1923 W.Australia. See [maps]
- Opostega chalcoplethes Turner, 1923; 178; TL: Western Australia, Perth, Swan River
- "opostega" chalcoplethes; van Nieukerken, Doorenweerd, Hoare & Davis, 2016, ZooKeys 628: 164 (list)
- Opostega chalcoplethes; Davis, 1989, Smiths. Contr. Zool. 478: 73 (list); [AUCL]; [CoL]
Opostega chalinias Meyrick, 1893 Tasmania
- Opostega chalinias Meyrick, 1893; 607; TL: Tasmania, Georges Bay
- "opostega" chalinias; van Nieukerken, Doorenweerd, Hoare & Davis, 2016, ZooKeys 628: 164 (list)
- Opostega chalinias; Davis, 1989, Smiths. Contr. Zool. 478: 73 (list); [AUCL]; [CoL]
Opostega chordacta Meyrick, 1915 Queensland. See [maps]
- Opostega chordacta Meyrick, 1915; Exot. Microlep. 1 (11): 351; TL: Queensland, Cairns
- Opostega "chordacta"; van Nieukerken, Doorenweerd, Hoare & Davis, 2016, ZooKeys 628: 164 (list)
- Opostega chordacta; Davis, 1989, Smiths. Contr. Zool. 478: 73 (list); [AUCL]; [CoL]
Opostega diorthota Meyrick, 1893 W.Australia. See [maps]
- Opostega diorthota Meyrick, 1893; 607; TL: West Australia, Albany
- "opostega" diorthota; van Nieukerken, Doorenweerd, Hoare & Davis, 2016, ZooKeys 628: 164 (list)
- Opostega diorthota; Davis, 1989, Smiths. Contr. Zool. 478: 73 (list); [AUCL]; [CoL]
Opostega horaria Meyrick, 1921 Queensland. See [maps]
- Opostega horaria Meyrick, 1921; 457; TL: Queensland, Cairns
- "opostega" horaria; van Nieukerken, Doorenweerd, Hoare & Davis, 2016, ZooKeys 628: 164 (list)
- Opostega horaria; Davis, 1989, Smiths. Contr. Zool. 478: 74 (list); [AUCL]; [CoL]
Opostega luticilia Meyrick, 1915 Queensland. See [maps]
- Opostega luticilia Meyrick, 1915; Exot. Microlep. 1 (11): 351; TL: Queensland, Cairns
- "opostega" luticilia; van Nieukerken, Doorenweerd, Hoare & Davis, 2016, ZooKeys 628: 164 (list)
- Opostega luticilia; Davis, 1989, Smiths. Contr. Zool. 478: 74 (list); [AUCL]; [CoL]
Opostega monotypa Turner, 1923 Queensland. See [maps]
- Opostega monotypa Turner, 1923; 179; TL: Queensland, Cairns district
- "opostega" monotypa; van Nieukerken, Doorenweerd, Hoare & Davis, 2016, ZooKeys 628: 164 (list)
- Opostega monotypa; Davis, 1989, Smiths. Contr. Zool. 478: 74 (list); [AUCL]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [Don Herbison-Evans]
Opostega nubifera Turner, 1900 Queensland. See [maps]
- Opostega nubifera Turner, 1900; 23; TL: Queensland, Toowoomba
- "opostega" nubifera; van Nieukerken, Doorenweerd, Hoare & Davis, 2016, ZooKeys 628: 164 (list)
- Opostega nubifera; Davis, 1989, Smiths. Contr. Zool. 478: 74 (list); [AUCL]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [Don Herbison-Evans]
Opostega orestias Meyrick, 1880 Queensland. See [maps]
- Opostega orestias Meyrick, 1880; Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 5 (2): 175; TL: Queensland, Brisbane
- "opostega" orestias; van Nieukerken, Doorenweerd, Hoare & Davis, 2016, ZooKeys 628: 164 (list)
- Opostega orestias; Davis, 1989, Smiths. Contr. Zool. 478: 74 (list); [AUCL]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [Don Herbison-Evans]
Opostega phaeospila Turner, 1923 Queensland, .... See [maps]
- Opostega phaeospila Turner, 1923; 179; TL: Queensland, National Park, 3500-4000ft
- "opostega" phaeospila; van Nieukerken, Doorenweerd, Hoare & Davis, 2016, ZooKeys 628: 165 (list)
- Opostega phaeospila; Davis, 1989, Smiths. Contr. Zool. 478: 74 (list); [AUCL]; [CoL] ; [Don Herbison-Evans]
Opostega scoliozona Meyrick, 1915 Queensland. See [maps]
- Opostega scoliozona Meyrick, 1915; Exot. Microlep. 1 (11): 351; TL: Queensland, Cairns
- "opostega" scoliozona; van Nieukerken, Doorenweerd, Hoare & Davis, 2016, ZooKeys 628: 165 (list)
- Opostega scoliozona; Davis, 1989, Smiths. Contr. Zool. 478: 75 (list); [AUCL]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [Don Herbison-Evans]
Opostega stiriella Meyrick, 1880 Australia (New South Wales). See [maps]
- Opostega stiriella Meyrick, 1880; Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 5 (2): 175; TL: New South Wales, Parramatta
- "opostega" stiriella; van Nieukerken, Doorenweerd, Hoare & Davis, 2016, ZooKeys 628: 165 (list)
- Opostega stiriella; Davis, 1989, Smiths. Contr. Zool. 478: 75 (list); [AUCL]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [Don Herbison-Evans]
Opostega xenodoxa Meyrick, 1893 Australia (New South Wales). See [maps]
- Opostega xenodoxa Meyrick, 1893; 608; TL: New South Wales, Glen Innes, 3500ft
- "opostega" xenodoxa; van Nieukerken, Doorenweerd, Hoare & Davis, 2016, ZooKeys 628: 165 (list)
- Opostega xenodoxa; Davis, 1989, Smiths. Contr. Zool. 478: 75 (list); [AUCL]; [CoL] ; [Don Herbison-Evans]

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References:

[AfroMoths] De Prins, J., & De Prins, W.
Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera); (Version 2024-03-15). Belgian Biodiversity Platform, Belspo; https://doi.org/10.15468/s1kwuw
[CoL] Catalogue of Life
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Vandepitte, L., Hobern, D., Schalk, P., DeWalt, R. E., Ma, K., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Adlard, R., Aedo, C., et al. (2024). Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2024-03-26); https://doi.org/10.48580/dfz8d
[Don Herbison-Evans] and Stella A. Crossley
Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths
[LEPIFORUM]
Lepiforum; Bestimmung von Schmetterlingen (Lepidoptera) und ihren Präimaginalstadien
[NHM-BMW] Natural History Museum
Butterflies and Moths of the World; Generic Names and their Type-species
[SVF]
Svenska fjärilar; Naturhistoriska riksmuseet; (Sweden)
[ZOOKEYS]
[iNaturalist]
iNaturalist
[maps]
Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

Some related literature:

Davis, 1989
Generic revision of the Opostegidae, with synoptic catalog of the world's species (Lepidoptera: Nepticuloidea) Smiths. Contr. Zool. 478 : 1-97
[NACL]; Hodges, 1983
Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico Check List Lep. Am. N of Mexico
Kozlov, 1985
New and little known Opostegid moths (Lepidoptera, Opostegidae) from Asiatic part of the USSR [in Russian] Trudy Zool. Inst. Leningrad 135 : 49-58
[RFEL]; Leley, 2016
Annotated catalogue of the insects of Russian Far East. Volume II. Lepidoptera Cat. ins. Russian Far East. 2 : 1-812
Meyrick, 1880
Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera. III & IV. Tineina Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 5 (2) : 132-182, : 204-272
Meyrick, 1911
Descriptions of Transvaal Micro-Lepidoptera Ann. Transv. Mus. 2 (4) : 218-240
Meyrick, 1913
Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera Ann. Transv. Mus. 3 (4) : 267-336
Meyrick, 1915
Exotic Microlepidoptera. Vol. I Exot. Microlep. 1 (1): 1-32, (2): 33-64, (3): 65-96 (1913), (4): 97-128 (1913), (5): 129-160 (1913), (6): 161-192 (1914), (7): 193-224 (1914), (8): 225-256 (1914), (9): 257-288 (1914), (10): 289-320 (1915), (11): 321-352 (1915), (12): 353-384 (1915), (13): 385-416 (1915), (14): 417-448 (1915), (15): 449-480 (1915), (16): 481-512 (1916), (17): 513-544 (1916), (18): 545-576 (1916), (19): 577-608 (1916), (20): 609-640 (1916)
Meyrick, 1921
Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. Part 1 Ann. Transv. Mus. 8 (2) : 49-148
[AUCL]; Nielsen & Rangsi, 1996
Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia Monogr. Aust. Lepid. 4: 1-529
van Nieukerken, Doorenweerd, Hoare & Davis, 2016
Revised classification and catalogue of global Nepticulidae and Opostegidae (Lepidoptera, Nepticuloidea) ZooKeys 628 : 65-246
[MLCA]; Puplesis, Diskus, Noreika & Saparmadedova, 1996
Revised check-list of mining Lepidoptera (Nepticuloidea, Tischerioidea and Gracillaridoidea) from Central Asia Tijdschr. Ent. 139 : 191-200
Puplesis & Robinson, 1999
Revision of the Oriental Opostegidae (Lepidoptera) with general comments on phylogeny within the family Bull. nat. Hist. Mus. Lond. (Ent.) 68 (1) : 1-92

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