Batrachedra phorcydia

Batrachedra phorcydia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Batrachedridae
Genus: Batrachedra
Species:
B. phorcydia
Binomial name
Batrachedra phorcydia
Meyrick, 1897

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

Original description

Male, 11 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, abdomen, and legs dark grey, finely irrorated with white; scale-projection of palpi very slight. Forewings dark grey, finely irrorated with white; a black median basal dot; first discal stigma elongate, blackish; cilia light grey, irrorated with whitish. Hindwings grey; cilia light grey. Geraldton, West Australia; in November, one specimen.

— Edward Meyrick

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