Antipterna spathulata explained

Antipterna spathulata is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae, first described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1944 as Ocystola spathulata.^{[1] [2]} The species epithet, spathulata, derives from the Latin, spathulatus ("spoon-shaped"). The male lectotype for Ocystola spathulata was collected at Waroona in Western Australia.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Australian Faunal Directory: Antipterna spathulata. 2022-02-23. biodiversity.org.au.
2. Turner, A.J.. Alfred Jefferis Turner. 1944. Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. Oecophoridae. XI. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales . 69 . 49-61 [54] .