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Batrachedra volucris

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Batrachedra volucris
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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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.

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