Biology:Batrachedra ditrota

Short description: Moth species in family Batrachedridae

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

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

Original description

Male, Female 13-15 mm. Head, antennae, thorax, and abdomen fuscous Palpi whitish fuscous, apical ring of second joint and five rings of terminal black, scale-projection very slight. Legs dark fuscous, sprinkled with ochreous-whitish. Forewings fuscous, irrorated with dark fuscous; first and sometimes second discal stigma round, black; a black apical dot; cilia fuscous. Hindwings and cilia fuscous. Launceston and Deloraine, Tasmania; in November and December, three specimens.

—Original description by Edward Meyrick

External links

• Australian Faunal Directory

Wikidata ☰ Q4869539 entry