Antipterna monostropha is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae, first described by Edward Meyrick in 1885 as Ocystola monostropha.[1][2] The lectotype for Ocystola monostropha was collected at Blackheath, New South Wales.[1]
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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. monostropha
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| Binomial name | |
| Antipterna monostropha (Meyrick, 1885)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Ocystola monostropha Meyrick, 1885 | |
Occurrence data from GBIF shows A. monostropha occurring in Western Australia, South Australia, New South Wales, and Queensland.[3]
Meyrick's description
editMale & female: 16-20 mm. Head white, crown slightly greyish-tinged. Palpi white, anteriorly grey; terminal joint ⅔ of second. Antennae whitish, ciliations 5. Thorax light grey. Abdomen ochreous-whitish. Legs grey, posterior pair whitish. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa moderately arched, apex acute, hindmargin slightly sinuate, extremely oblique; shining white, very faintly ochreous-tinged; dorsal half suffused with light ochreous-grey from base to anal angle: cilia ochreous-white, beneath anal angle pale greyish-ochreous. Hindwings broad-lanceolate, ac\ite, veins 3 and 4 more or less remote or even parallel ; grey ; cilia very pale greyish-ochreous.
Sydney and Blackheath (3500 feet), New South Wales; rather common from September to November.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Australian Faunal Directory: Antipterna monostropha". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
- ^ 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 [1075].
- ^ "Antipterna monostropha". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
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.
External links
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