Biology:Batrachedra ditrota

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Short description: Moth species in family Batrachedridae

Batrachedra ditrota
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Batrachedridae
Genus: Batrachedra
Species:
B. ditrota
Binomial name
Batrachedra ditrota
Meyrick, 1897

Batrachedra ditrota is a species of moth of the family Batrachedridae. It is found in Australia .

Original description

Male, Female 13-15 mm. Head, antennae, thorax, and abdomen fuscous Palpi whitish fuscous, apical ring of second joint and five rings of terminal black, scale-projection very slight. Legs dark fuscous, sprinkled with ochreous-whitish. Forewings fuscous, irrorated with dark fuscous; first and sometimes second discal stigma round, black; a black apical dot; cilia fuscous. Hindwings and cilia fuscous. Launceston and Deloraine, Tasmania; in November and December, three specimens.
—Original description by Edward Meyrick

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q4869539 entry