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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Batrachedridae » Batrachedra » Large Batrachedra Moth - Hodges#1413 (Batrachedra enormis)

Species Batrachedra enormis - Large Batrachedra Moth - Hodges#1413

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Gelechioidea (Twirler Moths and kin)
Family Batrachedridae
Genus Batrachedra
Species enormis (Large Batrachedra Moth - Hodges#1413)
Hodges Number
1413
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Batrachedra enormis Meyrick, 1928
Explanation of Names
Author: Meyrick, 1928
Size
Wingspan: 27-30mm (1)
Identification
Adult: Head ochreous-whitish, with dark gray median stripe, sometimes a dark gray spot behind eye. Palpi pale yellowish, with second joint with rather strong projecting apical tuft and blackish-gray band above base and before apex. Antennae, male, dark gray becoming yellow-whitish towards base; female, whitish irregularly suffused greyish above, three obscure gray bands towards apex. FW very narrow, moderately pointed male, pale brassy-ochreous; female, whitish-ochreous. Narrow blackish-grey dorsal streak from base to tornus. (1)
Remarks
Note sexual dimorphism. See Meyrick, 1928, in Print References below. (1)
Print References
Meyrick, E. 1928. Gelechidae. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3: 394. (1)
Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, Moths of Western North America, Pl. 6.14m; p. 75.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)
Works Cited
1.Exotic Microlepidoptera, volumes 1-5, 1912-1937. (1969 reprint)
J. F. Gates Clarke, Edward Meyrick, T. B. Bainbrigge-Fletcher, J. T. Janse. 1969. E. W. Classey Ltd.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 26 January, 2010 - 6:47pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Robert Lord Zimlich, Blocky
Last updated 27 April, 2021 - 11:59pm

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