| Antipterna nivea | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Oecophoridae |
| Genus: | Antipterna |
| Species: | A. nivea |
| Binomial name | |
| Antipterna nivea (Turner, 1940) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Ocystola nivea Turner, 1940 | |
Antipterna nivea is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae, first described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1940 as Ocystola nivea. The species epithet, nivea, derives from the Latin adjective, niveus ("snow-white"). The male lectotype for Ocystola nivea was collected at Warwick in Queensland.
