Antipterna assulosa explained

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"). The holotype for Machaeretis assulosa was collected at Sandgate in Queensland.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Australian Faunal Directory: Antipterna assulosa. 2022-02-23. biodiversity.org.au.
2. Turner, A.J.. Alfred Jefferis Turner. 1940. Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. Oecophoridae. IX. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales . 65 . 421-446 [427] .