Antasia

Antasia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by Warren in 1894.[1] Its only species, Antasia flavicapitata, was first described by Achille Guenée in 1857.[2] It is found in Australia.[3]

Antasia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Oenochrominae
Genus: Antasia
Warren, 1894
Species:
A. flavicapitata
Binomial name
Antasia flavicapitata
(Guenée, 1857)
Synonyms

Generic

Specific

  • Tephrina flavicapitata Guenée, [1858]
  • Darantasia mundiferaria Walker, [1863]
  • Tephrina capitata Walker, 1861

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Antasia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Antasia flavicapitata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
  3. Savela, Markku. "Antasia Warren, 1894". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved May 21, 2019.


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