Biology:Batrachedra leucophyta
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Short description: Moth species in family Batrachedridae
Batrachedra leucophyta | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Batrachedridae |
Genus: | Batrachedra |
Species: | B. leucophyta
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Binomial name | |
Batrachedra leucophyta Meyrick, 1897
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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
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Wikidata ☰ Q4869559 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batrachedra leucophyta.
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