Biology:Batrachedra liopis

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Short description: Moth species in family Batrachedridae

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

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

Original description

Female 15-17 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, abdomen, and legs whitish-ochreous, brownish-tinged; scale-projection of palpi forming a short tuft. Fore wings whitish-ochreous suffused with pale brownish, more strongly towards apex; costal edge suffused with white from middle to 3/4 plical and first and second discal stigmata small, black; cilia on costa white, round apex and beneath pale fuscous. Hindwings and cilia light grey. Sydney, New South Wales, in March; Campbelltown, Tasmania; in December, two specimens.
—Edward Meyrick

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q4869560 entry