Biology:Batrachedra eustola

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Short description: Moth species in family Batrachedridae

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

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

Original description

Male 11 mm. Head white. Palpi with second joint fuscous, apex white, terminal joint short, dark fuscous, apex white, scale projection rather short, loose. Antennae whitish. Thorax ochreous-yellowish, with two white stripes. Abdomen grey-whitish. Legs dark fuscous, posterior pair whitish. Forewings deep yellow; costal, submedian, and dorsal streaks silvery-white; first and second discal stigmata black: cilia whitish. Hindwings pale grey; cilia whitish. Sydney, New South Wales; in September, one specimen.
—Original description by Edward Meyrick

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q4869546 entry