Antipterna assulosa
| Antipterna assulosa | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Oecophoridae |
| Genus: | Antipterna |
| Species: | A. assulosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Antipterna assulosa (Turner, 1940) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Machaeretis assulosa Turner, 1940 | |
Antipterna assulosa is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae, first described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1940 as Machaeretis assulosa.[1][2] The species epithet, assulosa, derives from the Latin adjective, assulosus ("like a splinter").[2] The holotype for Machaeretis assulosa was collected at Sandgate in Queensland.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Australian Faunal Directory: Antipterna assulosa". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
- 1 2 Turner, A.J. (1940). "Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. Oecophoridae. IX". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 65: 421–446 [427].
Further reading
[edit]- 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.
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