Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Batrachedridae Scientific name Batrachedra hypoxutha | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Batrachedra Rank Species | |
Batrachedra hypoxutha is a species of moth of the Batrachedridae family. It is found in Australia.
Original description
Female 11-12 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish-ochreous. Palpi white, second joint with very oblique ochreous or fuscous subapical band, scale-projection slight. Antennae white, ringed with brown. Legs dark fuscous, suffusedly banded with whitish. Forewings yellow-brown; costal edge suffusedly white; cilia light brownish. Hindwings grey; cilia light brownish. Brisbane and Rosewood, Queensland; Sydney, New South Wales; in September and December, three specimens.
References
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