Batrachedra trimeris

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Batrachedra trimeris
File:Batrachedra trimeris.jpg
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Batrachedridae
Genus: Batrachedra
Species:
B. trimeris
Binomial name
Batrachedra trimeris
Meyrick, 1897

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

Original description

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Female 9-12 mm. Head white, crown partly ochreous-tinged. Palpi with second joint fuscous, apex white, terminal joint white, apex black, scale-projection short. Antennae pale grey. Thorax ochreous, with two white stripes. Abdomen whitish grey. Legs dark fuscous, posterior pair whitish. Forewings golden-yellow-ochreous; a broad shining white costal streak from base to apex, costal edge dark fuscous; sometimes an ill-defined whitish submedian longitudinal streak; first and second discal stigmata black: cilia light grey, on costa dark grey; Hindwings dark grey; cilia light grey. Perth, West Australia; in October, two specimens.

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