Antipterna nivea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Antipterna
Species:
A. nivea
Binomial name
Antipterna nivea
(Turner, 1940)
Synonyms[1]

Ocystola nivea Turner, 1940

Antipterna nivea is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae, first described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1940 as Ocystola nivea.[1][2] The species epithet, nivea, derives from the Latin adjective, niveus ("snow-white").[2] The male lectotype for Ocystola nivea was collected at Warwick in Queensland.[1]

Further reading

  • 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

  1. 1 2 3 "Australian Faunal Directory: Antipterna nivea". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  2. 1 2 Turner, A.J. (1940). "Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. Oecophoridae. IX". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 65: 421-446 [433].
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