Batrachedra liopis

Batrachedra liopis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Batrachedridae
Genus:Batrachedra
Species: B. liopis
Binomial name
Batrachedra liopis
Meyrick, 1897

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

Original description

Female 15-17 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, abdomen, and legs whitish-ochreous, brownish-tinged; scale-projection of palpi forming a short tuft. Fore wings whitish-ochreous suffused with pale brownish, more strongly towards apex; costal edge suffused with white from middle to 3/4 plical and first and second discal stigmata small, black; cilia on costa white, round apex and beneath pale fuscous. Hindwings and cilia light grey. Sydney, New South Wales, in March; Campbelltown, Tasmania; in December, two specimens.


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