Antipterna acrobaphes

Antipterna acrobaphes
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Oecophoridae
Genus:	Antipterna
Species:	A. acrobaphes
Binomial name
Antipterna acrobaphes (Meyrick, 1885)
Synonyms[1]
Ocystola acrobaphes Meyrick, 1885

Antipterna acrobaphes is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae, first described by Edward Meyrick in 1885 as Ocystola acrobaphes.[1][2] The holotype was collected in Sydney, New South Wales,[1] in January 1878.[3]

Meyrick's description

Male: 18 mm. Head light yellow-ochreous. Palpi ochreous-whitish, anterior edge dark grey, terminal joint 4/5 of second. Antennae grey, ciliations 3½. Thorax light yellow-ochreous, anterior margin strongly dark fuscous. Abdomen light greyish-ochieous. Legs dark grey, posterior pair whitish-ockreous. Fore-wings elongate, rather narrow, costa moderately arched, apex tolerably acute, hindmargin very obliquely rounded; pale ochreous-yellowish; extreme costal edge dark fuscous at base; a small roundish dark fuscous spot on anal angle; some dark fuscous scales at apex: cilia rather dark fuscous, towards middle of hind-margin mixed with pale ochreous-yellowish. Hindwings ovate-lanceolate, round-pointed, veins 3 and 4 from a point; grey; cilia grey.
Sydney, New South Wales; one specimen in January.[2]

Further reading

• Ian F. B. Common (1994). Oecophorinae Genera of Australia I—the Wingia group (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae). Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing. p. i-xvi, 1-390. ISBN 0-643-05524-X. OL 21080057M. Wikidata Q110980740.

References

1. "Australian Faunal Directory: Antipterna acrobaphes". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
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 [1074].
3. Atlas of Living Australia. "Species: Antipterna acrobaphes". bie.ala.org.au. Retrieved 22 February 2022.