Antipterna assulosa

Antipterna assulosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Antipterna
Species:
A. assulosa
Binomial name
Antipterna assulosa
(Turner, 1940)
Synonyms[1]

Machaeretis assulosa Turner, 1940

Antipterna assulosa is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae, first described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1940 as Machaeretis assulosa.[1][2] The species epithet, assulosa, derives from the Latin adjective, assulosus ("like a splinter").[2] The holotype for Machaeretis assulosa was collected at Sandgate in Queensland.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Australian Faunal Directory: Antipterna assulosa". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  2. ^ a b Turner, A.J. (1940). "Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. Oecophoridae. IX". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 65: 421-446 [427].

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