Species of moth

Antipterna nivea

Scientific classification
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[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.

## References[edit]

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

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q109424427
* AFD: Antipterna_nivea
* CoL: 95WWF
* IRMNG: 10217232

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