Batrachedra megalodoxa

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

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

Original description

Male, Female 16-17 mm. Head whitish-ochreous. Palpi dark fuscous, irrorated with whitish-ochreous, terminal joint with pale basal band, scale-projection slight. Antennae whitish-ochreous, indistinctly ringed with dark fuscous. Thorax whitish-ochreous irrorated with fuscous. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Legs dark fuscous, irrorated with whitish-ochreous. Forewings whitish-ochreous irrorated with fuscous or dark fuscous, posterior third of costa and termen spotted with pale and dark; plical and second discal stigmata elongate, black; cilia pale fuscous. Hindwings pale grey irrorated with dark grey; cilia pale fuscous. Rosewood, Queensland; in September, two specimens.

— Edward Meyrick


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