Antipterna monostropha

Antipterna monostropha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Antipterna
Species:
A. monostropha
Binomial name
Antipterna monostropha
(Meyrick, 1885)
Synonyms

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. The lectotype for Ocystola monostropha was collected at Blackheath, New South Wales.

Occurrence data from GBIF shows A. monostropha occurring in Western Australia, South Australia, New South Wales, and Queensland.

Meyrick's description

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.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Australian Faunal Directory: Antipterna monostropha". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 23 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 [1075].
  3. ↑ "Antipterna monostropha". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 22 February 2022.

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