[moth] Antitype is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family. The scientific name is derived from the Greek antitupos (something that returns). Hübner probably referred to similarities with a genus which was described earlier, probably Polymixis. Antitype kalchbergi is now known as Brachygalea kalchbergi (Staudinger, 1897). ... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antitype_(moth)
An'ti·type (-tīp) noun [ Greek ... of corresponding form; ... against + ... type, figure. See Type .] That of which the type is the pattern or representation; that which is represented by the type or symbol. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/99
Antitype is that which is correlative to a type; by theological writers the term is employed to denote the reality of which a type is the prophetic symbol. Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/AA1.HTM