Biology:Batrachedra satirica

Short description: Moth species in family Batrachedridae

Batrachedra satirica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Batrachedridae
Genus:	Batrachedra
Species:	B. satirica
Binomial name
Batrachedra satirica Meyrick, 1917

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

Original description

Male 10-11 mm. Head and palpi ochreous-whitish. Antennae greyish. Thorax fuscous. Abdomen grey, anal tuft grey-whitish. Forewings very narrow, obtuse-pointed; fuscous, irrorated with darker; cilia light grey, on costa and at apex whitish, on costa with four black dots, at apex with a dark fuscous subbasal line. Hindwings grey; cilia light grey. Queensland, Cairns, in October and November (Dodd); two specimens.

—Edward Meyrick

External links

• Australian Faunal Directory

Wikidata ☰ Q4869576 entry