Batrachedra leucophyta
| Batrachedra leucophyta | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Batrachedridae |
| Genus: | Batrachedra |
| Species: | B. leucophyta |
| Binomial name | |
| Batrachedra leucophyta Meyrick, 1897 | |
Batrachedra leucophyta is a species of moth of the family Batrachedridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1897 and is found in Australia.
Original description
[edit]Male, 9 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-whitish. Palpi dark fuscous, beneath whitish, scale-projection very slight. Antennae whitish, rimmed with dark fuscous. Legs white, banded with dark fuscous. Forewings white, coarsely irrorated with dark grey; cilia white. Hindwings whitish-grey; cilia white. Carnarvon, West Australia; in October, one specimen.
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