Antipterna

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Antipterna
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Antipterna ptychomochla
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Subfamily: Oecophorinae
Genus: Antipterna
Meyrick, 1916
Type species
Antipterna glacialis
(Meyrick, 1885)

Antipterna is a genus of moths of the family Oecophoridae, first described by Edward Meyrick in 1916. [1] [2]

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Species

(From IRMNG): [3]

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Antipterna acrobaphes is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae, first described by Edward Meyrick in 1885 as Ocystola acrobaphes. The holotype was collected in Sydney, New South Wales, in January 1878.

Antipterna diclethra is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae, first described by Edward Meyrick in 1885 as Ocystola diclethra. Lectotypes for both Ocystola diclethra and Machaeretis niphoessa were both collected in greater Sydney, New South Wales.

Antipterna glacialis is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae, first described by Edward Meyrick in 1885 as Ocystola glacialis. The holotype was collected at Mount Lofty, South Australia.

Antipterna lithophanes is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae, first described by Edward Meyrick in 1885 as Ocystola lithophanes. The lectotype for Ocystola lithophanes was collected at Deloraine, Tasmania. Holotypes for Alfred Jefferis Turner's synonyms were collected from Queensland and New South Wales.

Antipterna naias is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae, first described by Edward Meyrick in 1902 as Machaeritis naias. The male holotype for Machaeritis naias was collected on Mount Crackenback, New South Wales. The male holotype for Ocystola paralia was collected at Brighton, Victoria.

References

  1. "Australian Faunal Directory: Antipterna". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  2. Meyrick, E. (1916). Exotic Microlepidoptera. Vol. 1. pp. 481-640. [551].
  3. "IRMNG - Antipterna Meyrick, 1916". www.irmng.org. Retrieved 21 February 2022.