Notiopostega
Genus of moths
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Notiopostega is a genus of moths of the Opostegidae family. It contains only one species Notiopostega atrata which is known only from the coastal hills of the Valdivia Province in Chile.
| Notiopostega | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Opostegidae |
| Subfamily: | Opostegoidinae |
| Genus: | Notiopostega D. R. Davis, 1989 |
| Species: | N. atrata |
| Binomial name | |
| Notiopostega atrata D. R. Davis, 1989 | |
The length of the forewings is 5–6 mm for males and 6.4-8.3 mm for females. Adults are on wing from late August to early October in one generation. They fly during the day in the early spring.