New-world-tropics
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Aetalion
Aetalion is a genus of treehoppers (family Aetalionidae) comprising 25 described species. Members of this genus are distributed across the New World tropics and are characterized by their lack of the enlarged pronotal processes typical of the more diverse Membracidae. The genus includes economically significant species such as A. reticulatum, which has been documented as a pest of various agricultural and forest crops.
Alcathoe carolinensis
Alcathoe carolinensis is a clearwing moth in the family Sesiidae, first described from the Carolinas region of the southeastern United States. Like other members of its genus, it exhibits wasp mimicry with reduced wing scaling that creates transparent areas. The species is part of a small genus of New World tropical clearwing moths that extends into the southern United States. Males possess distinctive morphological features including specialized abdominal appendages.
Opostegidae
white eyecap moths, white eye-capped moths
A family of minute moths distinguished by exceptionally large eyecaps covering the compound eyes. The family comprises approximately 200 described species across two subfamilies (Oposteginae with 87 species, Opostegoidinae with 15 species), with highest diversity in the New World tropics where 83 species represent 42% of global diversity. Larval biology remains poorly documented, though stem-mining habits have been suggested for some species.