Antipterna hemimelas is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae, first described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1940 as Ocystola hemimelas.[1][2] The species epithet, hemimelas, derives from the Greek, έμιμελας ("half black").[2] The male holotype for Ocystola hemimelas was collected in Perth, Western Australia.[1]
| Antipterna hemimelas | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Oecophoridae |
| Genus: | Antipterna |
| Species: | A. hemimelas
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| Binomial name | |
| Antipterna hemimelas (Turner, 1940)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Ocystola hemimelas Turner, 1940 | |
References
edit- ^ a b c "Australian Faunal Directory: Antipterna hemimelas". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
- ^ a b Turner, A.J. (1940). "Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. Oecophoridae. IX". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 65: 421-446 [436].
Further reading
edit- 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.
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