Antipterna glacialis

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

Ocystola glacialis Meyrick, 1885

Antipterna glacialis is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae, first described by Edward Meyrick in 1885 as Ocystola glacialis.[1][2] The holotype was collected at Mount Lofty, South Australia.[1]

Meyrick's description

Male: 13 mm. Head and palpi white, terminal joint almost as long as second. Antennae, thorax, and abdomen whitish-grey; antennal ciliations 3. Legs dark grey, posterior pair whitish. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa moderately arched, apex acute, hind-margin faintly sinuate, extremely oblique shining white; a rather small subquadrate dark fuscous spot on inner margin beyond middle; a slender dark fuscous streak along hindmargin from apex to anal angle: cilia whitish, mixed with dark fuscous scales towards base. Hindwings broad-lanceolate, acute, veins 3 and 4 widely remote, parallel; light grey; cilia ochreous-whitish.
Mount Lofty, South Australia; one specimen received from Mr. E. Guest.[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. ^ a b c "Australian Faunal Directory: Antipterna glacialis". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  2. ^ a b Meyrick, E. (1885). "Description of Australian Micro-lepidoptera. XII. Oecophoridae". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1. 9 (4): 1045-1082 [1077].


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