| Antipterna glacialis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Oecophoridae |
| Genus: | Antipterna |
| Species: | A. glacialis |
| Binomial name | |
| Antipterna glacialis (Meyrick, 1885) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
Ocystola glacialisMeyrick, 1885 | |
Antipterna glacialis is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae, first described by Edward Meyrick in 1885 as Ocystola glacialis. [1] [2] The holotype was collected at Mount Lofty, South Australia. [1]
Male: 13 mm. Head and palpi white, terminal joint almost as long as second. Antennae, thorax, and abdomen whitish-grey; antennal ciliations 3. Legs dark grey, posterior pair whitish. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa moderately arched, apex acute, hind-margin faintly sinuate, extremely oblique shining white; a rather small subquadrate dark fuscous spot on inner margin beyond middle; a slender dark fuscous streak along hindmargin from apex to anal angle: cilia whitish, mixed with dark fuscous scales towards base. Hindwings broad-lanceolate, acute, veins 3 and 4 widely remote, parallel; light grey; cilia ochreous-whitish.
Mount Lofty, South Australia; one specimen received from Mr. E. Guest. [2]
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