Antipterna acrobaphes

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Antipterna acrobaphes
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Antipterna
Species:
A. acrobaphes
Binomial name
Antipterna acrobaphes
(Meyrick, 1885)
Synonyms [1]

Ocystola acrobaphesMeyrick, 1885

Antipterna acrobaphes is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae, first described by Edward Meyrick in 1885 as Ocystola acrobaphes. [1] [2] The holotype was collected in Sydney, New South Wales, [1] in January 1878. [3]

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Meyrick's description

Male: 18 mm. Head light yellow-ochreous. Palpi ochreous-whitish, anterior edge dark grey, terminal joint 4/5 of second. Antennae grey, ciliations 3½. Thorax light yellow-ochreous, anterior margin strongly dark fuscous. Abdomen light greyish-ochieous. Legs dark grey, posterior pair whitish-ockreous. Fore-wings elongate, rather narrow, costa moderately arched, apex tolerably acute, hindmargin very obliquely rounded; pale ochreous-yellowish; extreme costal edge dark fuscous at base; a small roundish dark fuscous spot on anal angle; some dark fuscous scales at apex: cilia rather dark fuscous, towards middle of hind-margin mixed with pale ochreous-yellowish. Hindwings ovate-lanceolate, round-pointed, veins 3 and 4 from a point; grey; cilia grey.
Sydney, New South Wales; one specimen in January. [2]

Further reading

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Australian Faunal Directory: Antipterna acrobaphes". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  2. 1 2 Meyrick, E. (1885). "Description of Australian Micro-lepidoptera. XII. Oecophoridae". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1. 9 (4): 1045–1082 [1074].
  3. ↑ Atlas of Living Australia. "Species: Antipterna acrobaphes". bie.ala.org.au. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
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