Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Batrachedridae Scientific name Batrachedra plagiocentra | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Batrachedra Rank Species | |
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Batrachedra plagiocentra is a species of moth of the Batrachedridae family. It is found in Australia.
Original description
Male, Female 11-15 mm. Head ochreous-white. Palpi fuscous irrorated with black, terminal joint and apex of second white, scale-projection short, Antennae grey. Thorax ochreous-whitish, sides pale brownish. Abdomen grey-whitish. Legs dark fuscous, suffusedly whitish-ringed, middle and posterior tibias suffused with white. Forewings rather dark fuscous, irrorated or much suffused with ochreous-whitish; plical, first and second discal stigmata, and an apical dot black; a white costal spot at ¾; cilia light fuscous, darker and sometimes spotted with white on costa, round apex with a dark fuscous line at tips. Hindwings grey; cilia light fuscous. Sydney, New South Wales; Georges Bay, Tasmania; Geraldton, West Australia; in September, November, and January, four specimens.