Antipterna trilicella

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Antipterna trilicella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Antipterna
Species:
A. trilicella
Binomial name
Antipterna trilicella
(Meyrick, 1885)

Antipterna trilicella is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae, first described by Edward Meyrick in 1885 as Ocystola trilicella. [1] [2] It appears to be a moth endemic to Australia and confined to the east coast, occurring in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. [3] [4]

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Meyrick's description

Male & Female: 14-18 mm. Head and palpi white, lower half of second joint anteriorly suffused with dark grey, terminal joint ¾ of second. Antennae whitish, ciliations 4. Thorax dark fuscous. Abdomen ochreous-whitish. Legs ochreous-whitish, anterior pair dark fuscous, middle pair suffused with fuscous. Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex roundpointed, hindmargin sinuate, very oblique; white, slightly ochreous-tinged, with ochreous-brown markings; an erect triangular spot on middle of inner margin, reaching more than half across wing, apex sometimes produced obliquely forwards; a moderate inwards-curved fascia from ⅔ of costa to anal angle; an irregular line along hind-margin: cilia ochreous-whitish, basal half ochreous-fuscous. Hind-wings broad-lanceolate, tolerably acute, veins 3 and 4 from a point; light grey; cilia pale whitish-ochreous, round apex greyish-tinged at base.
Sydney and Blackheath (3500 feet), New South Wales; four specimens, in September, December, and January. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Australian Faunal Directory: Antipterna trilicella". 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 [1081].
  3. ↑ Australia, Atlas of Living. "Species: Antipterna trilicella". bie.ala.org.au. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  4. ↑ "Antipterna trilicella". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 21 February 2022.


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