Antipterna monostropha | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Oecophoridae |
Genus: | Antipterna |
Species: | A. monostropha
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Binomial name | |
Antipterna monostropha (
Meyrick, 1885)
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Synonyms [1] | |
Ocystola monostropha Meyrick, 1885 |
Antipterna monostropha is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae, first described by Edward Meyrick in 1885 as Ocystola monostropha. [1] [2] The lectotype for Ocystola monostropha was collected at Blackheath, New South Wales. [1]
Occurrence data from GBIF shows A. monostropha occurring in Western Australia, South Australia, New South Wales, and Queensland. [3]
Male & female: 16-20 mm. Head white, crown slightly greyish-tinged. Palpi white, anteriorly grey; terminal joint ⅔ of second. Antennae whitish, ciliations 5. Thorax light grey. Abdomen ochreous-whitish. Legs grey, posterior pair whitish. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa moderately arched, apex acute, hindmargin slightly sinuate, extremely oblique; shining white, very faintly ochreous-tinged; dorsal half suffused with light ochreous-grey from base to anal angle: cilia ochreous-white, beneath anal angle pale greyish-ochreous. Hindwings broad-lanceolate, ac\ite, veins 3 and 4 more or less remote or even parallel ; grey ; cilia very pale greyish-ochreous.
Sydney and Blackheath (3500 feet), New South Wales; rather common from September to November. [2]
Antipterna monostropha | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Oecophoridae |
Genus: | Antipterna |
Species: | A. monostropha
|
Binomial name | |
Antipterna monostropha (
Meyrick, 1885)
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Synonyms [1] | |
Ocystola monostropha Meyrick, 1885 |
Antipterna monostropha is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae, first described by Edward Meyrick in 1885 as Ocystola monostropha. [1] [2] The lectotype for Ocystola monostropha was collected at Blackheath, New South Wales. [1]
Occurrence data from GBIF shows A. monostropha occurring in Western Australia, South Australia, New South Wales, and Queensland. [3]
Male & female: 16-20 mm. Head white, crown slightly greyish-tinged. Palpi white, anteriorly grey; terminal joint ⅔ of second. Antennae whitish, ciliations 5. Thorax light grey. Abdomen ochreous-whitish. Legs grey, posterior pair whitish. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa moderately arched, apex acute, hindmargin slightly sinuate, extremely oblique; shining white, very faintly ochreous-tinged; dorsal half suffused with light ochreous-grey from base to anal angle: cilia ochreous-white, beneath anal angle pale greyish-ochreous. Hindwings broad-lanceolate, ac\ite, veins 3 and 4 more or less remote or even parallel ; grey ; cilia very pale greyish-ochreous.
Sydney and Blackheath (3500 feet), New South Wales; rather common from September to November. [2]