Biology:Antipterna glacialis
| Antipterna glacialis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Oecophoridae |
| Genus: | Antipterna |
| Species: | A. glacialis
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| Binomial name | |
| Antipterna glacialis (Meyrick, 1885)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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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.<ref name=afd>{{cite web|url=https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Antipterna_glacialis%7Caccess-date=2022-02-23%7C title=Australian Faunal Directory: Antipterna glacialis
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
References
Wikidata ☰ Q13380460 entry
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