Biology:Batrachedra volucris

Short description: Moth species in family Batrachedridae

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

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

Original description

Male, Female 14-15 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish-fuscous. Palpi whitish-fuscous, irrorated with dark fuscous, scale-projection distinct. Antennae whitish-fuscous, indistinctly darker-ringed. Legs dark fuscous, irrorated and ringed with whitish-fuscous. Forewings light fuscous, sprinkled with dark fuscous, and with a few whitish scales; plical and first and second discal stigmata small, blackish ; a blackish apical dot; cilia whitish-fuscous. Hindwings light grey; cilia whitish fuscous. Sydney, New South Wales; in October and March, two specimens.

—Edward Meyrick

External links

• Australian Faunal Directory

Wikidata ☰ Q4869585 entry