Biology:Antipterna lithophanes

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Short description: Species of moth

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

Ocystola lithophanes Meyrick, 1885
Ocystola linoleuca Turner, 1940
Philobota chionoleuca Turner, 1944
Philobota notomolybda Turner, 1944

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

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Further reading

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q109424419 entry




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