Antipterna hemimelas
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| Antipterna hemimelas | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Oecophoridae |
| Genus: | Antipterna |
| Species: | A. hemimelas |
| Binomial name | |
| Antipterna hemimelas (Turner, 1940) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Ocystola hemimelas Turner, 1940 | |
Antipterna hemimelas is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae, first described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1940 as Ocystola hemimelas.[1][2] The species epithet, hemimelas, derives from the Greek, έμιμελας ("half black").[2] The male holotype for Ocystola hemimelas was collected in Perth, Western Australia.[1]
