Antipterna naias

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Antipterna naias
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Antipterna
Species:
A. naias
Binomial name
Antipterna naias
(Meyrick, 1902)
Synonyms [1]

Machaeritis naiasMeyrick, 1902
Ocystola paraliaLower, 1903

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Antipterna naias is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae, first described by Edward Meyrick in 1902 as Machaeritis naias. [1] [2] The male holotype for Machaeritis naias was collected on Mount Crackenback, New South Wales. [1] The male holotype for Ocystola paralia was collected at Brighton, Victoria. [1]

Further reading

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Australian Faunal Directory: Antipterna naias". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  2. Meyrick, E. (1902). "Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera (Oecophoridae)". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 26 (4): 133–174 [134].