Antipterna nivea

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Antipterna nivea
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Antipterna
Species:
A. nivea
Binomial name
Antipterna nivea
(Turner, 1940)
Synonyms [1]

Ocystola niveaTurner, 1940

Antipterna nivea is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae, first described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1940 as Ocystola nivea. [1] [2] The species epithet, nivea, derives from the Latin adjective, niveus ("snow-white"). [2] The male lectotype for Ocystola nivea was collected at Warwick in Queensland. [1]

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Antipterna monostropha is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae, first described by Edward Meyrick in 1885 as Ocystola monostropha. The lectotype for Ocystola monostropha was collected at Blackheath, New South Wales.

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.

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Antipterna tephrodes is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae, first described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1902 as Ocystola tephrodes. The male holotype for Ocystola tephrodes was collected at Stawell in Victoria.

Antipterna microphanes is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae, first described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1902 as Ocystola microphanes. The male holotype for Ocystola microphanes was collected at Stawell in Victoria.

Antipterna stichoptis is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae, first described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1915 as Linosticha stichoptis. The male holotype for Linosticha stichoptis was collected at Broken Hill in New South Wales, in a Casuarina.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Australian Faunal Directory: Antipterna nivea". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  2. 1 2 Turner, A.J. (1940). "Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. Oecophoridae. IX". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 65: 421-446 [433].

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