Biology:Batrachedra leucophyta

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Short description: Moth species in family Batrachedridae

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

Batrachedra leucophyta is a species of moth of the family Batrachedridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1897 and is found in Australia .

Original description

Male, 9 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-whitish. Palpi dark fuscous, beneath whitish, scale-projection very slight. Antennae whitish, rimmed with dark fuscous. Legs white, banded with dark fuscous. Forewings white, coarsely irrorated with dark grey; cilia white. Hindwings whitish-grey; cilia white. Carnarvon, West Australia; in October, one specimen.
—Edward Meyrick

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q4869559 entry