Biology:Antipterna lithophanes
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Short description: Species of moth
| Antipterna lithophanes | |
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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. lithophanes
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| Binomial name | |
| Antipterna lithophanes (Meyrick, 1885)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Ocystola lithophanes Meyrick, 1885 | |
Antipterna lithophanes is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae, first described by Edward Meyrick in 1885 as Ocystola lithophanes.Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag
Meyrick's description
Male & female: 18-19 mm. Head grey-whitish, crown more or less grey. Palpi grey, apex of second joint white, terminal joint ⅔ of second. Antennae, thorax, abdomen, and legs grey; antennal ciliations 4; posterior legs grey-whitish. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, hindmargin extremely obliquely rounded; shining grey; costa suffused with ochreous-white, in male forming a definite moderate streak: cilia whitish-grey. Hindwings broad-lanceolate, round-pointed, veins 3 and 4 from a point; grey; cilia light grey.
Deloraine, Tasmania; two specimens in November.[2]
References
Further reading
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q109424419 entry
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