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Antipterna diplosticta

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Antipterna diplosticta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Antipterna
Species:
A. diplosticta
Binomial name
Antipterna diplosticta
(Turner, 1944)
Synonyms[1]

Ocystola diplosticta Turner, 1944

Antipterna diplosticta is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae, first described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1944 as Ocystola diplosticta.[1][2] The species epithet, diplosticta, derives from the Greek, διπλοστικτος ("two spotted").[2] The male holotype for Ocystola diplosticta was collected at Gladstone in Queensland.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Australian Faunal Directory: Antipterna diplosticta". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  2. ^ a b Turner, A.J. (1944). "Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. Oecophoridae. XI". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 69: 49-61 [54].

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