Antipterna stichoptis (Lower, 1900)
 (previously known as Linosticha stichoptis)
WINGIA GROUP,   OECOPHORINAE,   OECOPHORIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans,
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Antipterna stichoptis
(Photo: courtesy of Jesse & Peter Koch, Lake Gilles, South Australia)

The adult moths of this species have grey forewings, each with black-edged white veins, and a small pale spot near the middle. The hindwings are white shading to grey at the wing-tips. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.

Antipterna stichoptis
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/CNC/CBG Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in Australia in:

  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales,
  • South Australia, and
  • Western Australia.

    although there appear to be two different species being called this name.

    Further reading :

    Ian F.B. Common,
    Oecophorine Genera of Australia I: The Wingia Group (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae),
    Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Volume 3,
    CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 1994, pp. 314, 343.

    Oswald B. Lower,
    Descriptions of New Australian Lepidoptera,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Volume 40 (1915), pp. 481-482.

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    (written 29 July 2025)