Biology:Boydia stenadelpha
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Short description: Species of moth
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Xyloryctidae |
| Genus: | Boydia |
| Species: | B. stenadelpha
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| Binomial name | |
| Boydia stenadelpha (Lower, 1905)
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Boydia stenadelpha is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1905. It is found in Australia ,[1] where it has been recorded from New South Wales.
The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are cinerous-grey whitish with a streak of white along the fold from the base to the end of the cell, containing an oblique fuscous patch in the middle, and two or three fuscous dots on the upper half at and near the extremity. The hindwings are pale grey whitish, somewhat fuscous tinged around the apex.[2]
References
- ↑ Savela, Markku (14 December 2013). "Boydia stenadelpha (Lower, 1905)". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/xyloryctidae/boydia/#stenadelpha. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- ↑ McMillan, Ian (11 October 2010). "Boydia Newman, 1856". Xyloryctine Moths of Australia Retrieved 8 July 2020.
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Wikidata ☰ Q25094653 entry
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