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Antipterna naias

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Antipterna naias
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Antipterna
Species:
A. naias
Binomial name
Antipterna naias
(Meyrick, 1902)
Synonyms[1]

Machaeritis naias Meyrick, 1902
Ocystola paralia Lower, 1903

Antipterna naias is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae, first described by Edward Meyrick in 1902 as Machaeritis naias.[1][2] The male holotype for Machaeritis naias was collected on Mount Crackenback, New South Wales.[1] The male holotype for Ocystola paralia was collected at Brighton, Victoria.[1]

Further reading

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  • 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.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Australian Faunal Directory: Antipterna naias". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  2. ^ Meyrick, E. (1902). "Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera (Oecophoridae)". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 26 (4): 133-174 [134].
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