Alfred Jefferis Turner was a pediatrician and amateur entomologist. He was the son of missionary Frederick Storrs-Turner. He introduced the use of diphtheria antitoxin to Australia in 1895. He resided in Dauphin Terrace, Highgate Hill, Brisbane, and was known by the nickname "Gentle Annie".
Blastobasis is the type genus of the gelechioid moth family Blastobasidae; in some arrangements these are placed in the case-bearer family (Coleophoridae) as a subfamily. Within the Blastobasidae, the subfamily Blastobasinae has been established to distinguish the Blastobasis lineage from the group around Holcocera, but the delimitation is not yet well-resolved.
Blastobasis pentasticta is a moth of the family Blastobasidae. It is found in Australia, including New South Wales.
Blastobasis tanyptera is a moth of the family Blastobasidae. It is found in Australia, including northern Queensland.
Rivula aenictopis is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1908. It is found in northern Queensland, Australia.
Leucoptera phaeopasta is a moth in the family Lyonetiidae that is known from Australia and was described from Queensland.
Anchylobela haplodes is a species of snout moth described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1947. It is known from Queensland, Australia.
Bleptochiton leucotrigona is a moth in the family Depressariidae, and the only species in the genus Bleptochiton. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1947. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.
Haereta cryphimaea is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1947. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.
Haereta niphosceles is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1947. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.
Peritornenta lissopis is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1947. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.
Eupselia axiepaena is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1947. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.
Eupselia beltera is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1947. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia.
Eupselia metabola is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1947. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.
Thudaca monolechria is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1947. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.
Tirathaba cissinobaphes is a species of moth of the family Pyralidae. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1906. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.
Eublemma latericolor is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. The species was originally described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1945.
Antimima is a genus of moths in the family Notodontidae. It was first described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1917. Its type species is Antimima cryptica. Species from the genus are found in Australia.
Antipterna ptychomochla is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae, first described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1940 as Antiterpna ptychomochla (sic). The species epithet derives from the Greek, πτυκομοχλοσ, meaning "with bar on fold".
