Batrachedra

Batrachedra
Batrachedra praeangusta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Batrachedridae
Genus:	Batrachedra Herrich-Schäffer, 1853
Species
See text
Synonyms
Eustaintonia Spuler, 1910

Batrachedra is the largest genus in the moth family Batrachedridae.

Species

The genus contains the following species:

• Batrachedra acrodeta
• Batrachedra agaura
• Batrachedra albanica
• Batrachedra albicapitella
• Batrachedra amydraula Meyrick, 1916 (from India, UAE)
• Batrachedra angusta
• Batrachedra aphypnota
• Batrachedra arenosella (Walker, 1864) (widespread, New Zealand, Australia, etc.)
• Batrachedra astathma (from Australia)
• Batrachedra astricta
• Batrachedra atomosella Walsingham, 1900 (from Yemen/Sokotra)
• Batrachedra atriloqua
• Batrachedra auricomella Sinev, 1993
• Batrachedra bedelliella
• Batrachedra bermudensis
• Batrachedra busiris
• Batrachedra calator Hodges, 1966 (neotropical)
• Batrachedra capnospila (from Australia)
• Batrachedra chasanella Sinev, 1993
• Batrachedra clemensella
• Batrachedra comosae Hodges, 1966 (neotropical)
• Batrachedra concitata Meyrick, 1928 (neotropical)
• Batrachedra concors
• Batrachedra conspersa Meyrick, 1916 (neotropical)
• Batrachedra copia Clarke, 1957 (neotropical)
• Batrachedra crypsineura
• Batrachedra cuniculata
• Batrachedra daduchus Meyrick, 1928 (neotropical)
• Batrachedra decoctor Meyrick, 1928 (neotropical)
• Batrachedra diplosema (from Australia)
• Batrachedra ditrota (from Australia)
• Batrachedra dolichoscia Meyrick, 1928 (neotropical)
• Batrachedra elucus
• Batrachedra enormis Meyrick, 1928 (neotropical)
• Batrachedra ephelus
• Batrachedra epimyxa
• Batrachedra epixantha (from Australia)
• Batrachedra epombra Meyrick, 1914 (from Africa)
• Batrachedra eremochtha (from Australia)
• Batrachedra eucola
• Batrachedra eurema Bradley, 1956 (from Guadalcanal/Lord Howe Isl.)
• Batrachedra eustola
• Batrachedra filicicola
• Batrachedra folia
• Batrachedra garritor
• Batrachedra granosa Meyrick, 1911 (from Namibia/S.Africa)
• Batrachedra hageter
• Batrachedra halans
• Batrachedra helarcha (from Australia)
• Batrachedra heliota Meyrick, 1913 (from South Africa)
• Batrachedra holochlora (from Australia)
• Batrachedra hologramma
• Batrachedra hypachroa (from Australia)
• Batrachedra hypoleuca
• Batrachedra hypoxutha
• Batrachedra illusor
• Batrachedra isochtha Meyrick, 1914 (from Kongo, Uganda, South Africa)
• Batrachedra kabulella
• Batrachedra knabi (Walsingham, 1909) (neotropical
• Batrachedra leucophyta (from Australia)
• Batrachedra libator
• Batrachedra linaria
• Batrachedra liopsis (from Australia)
• Batrachedra litterata
• Batrachedra lomentella
• Batrachedra lygropis (from Australia)
• Batrachedra macroloncha
• Batrachedra mathesoni
• Batrachedra meator Hodges, 1966 (neotropical)
• Batrachedra megalodoxa (from Australia)
• Batrachedra metaxias (from Australia)
• Batrachedra microbias Meyrick, 1914 (from South Africa)
• Batrachedra microdryas (from Australia)
• Batrachedra microstigma
• Batrachedra microtoma (from Australia)
• Batrachedra mictopsamma
• Batrachedra monophthalma
• Batrachedra mylephata (from Australia)
• Batrachedra myrmecophila
• Batrachedra notocapna (from Australia)
• Batrachedra nuciferae Hodges, 1966 (neotropical)
• Batrachedra ochricomella
• Batrachedra oemias Meyrick, 1909 (from South Africa)
• Batrachedra orinarcha
• Batrachedra pacabilis
• Batrachedra pachybela Meyrick, 1934 (from Sudan)
• Batrachedra paritor Hodges, 1966 (neotropical)
• Batrachedra parvulipunctella
• Batrachedra pastor
• Batrachedra phaneropa Meyrick, 1914 (from Malawi)
• Batrachedra phorcydia (from Australia)
• Batrachedra phragmitidella
• Batrachedra pinicolella (Zeller, 1839) (palearctic)
• Batrachedra plagiocentra (from Australia)
• Batrachedra praeangusta (Haworth, 1828) (palearctic)
• Batrachedra praeangustella
• Batrachedra promylaea
• Batrachedra psilopa
• Batrachedra psithyra
• Batrachedra pulvella
• Batrachedra repertor Hodges, 1966 (neotropical)
• Batrachedra rhysodes
• Batrachedra rixator Hodges, 1966 (neotropical)
• Batrachedra ruficiliata
• Batrachedra sacrata
• Batrachedra salicipomenella
• Batrachedra salina (from Australia)
• Batrachedra satirica (from Australia)
• Batrachedra saurota Meyrick, 1911 (from South Africa)
• Batrachedra scapulata
• Batrachedra scitator
• Batrachedra siliginea (from Australia)
• Batrachedra smilacis Sugisima, 2006
• Batrachedra sophroniella
• Batrachedra stenosema
• Batrachedra sterilis (from Australia)
• Batrachedra striolata
• Batrachedra subglauca
• Batrachedra substrata
• Batrachedra supercincta
• Batrachedra tarsimaculata
• Batrachedra testor
• Batrachedra theca Clarke, 1957 (neotropical)
• Batrachedra trimeris (from Australia)
• Batrachedra tristicta
• Batrachedra turdipennella
• Batrachedra unifasciella
• Batrachedra velox (from Australia)
• Batrachedra verax
• Batrachedra volucris (from Australia)
• Batrachedra xanthocrena
• Batrachedra zenochroa (from Australia)

Selected former species

• Batrachedra albistrigella
• Batrachedra curvilineella
• Batrachedra ledereriella (Zeller, 1850) (from South Europe, Canary Islands, Morocco)
• Batrachedra peroptusa Meyrick, 1922 (neotropical)
• Batrachedra silvatica
• Batrachedra stegodyphobius

References

• De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. 2016. Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication (www.afromoths.net) (acc.23-Aug-2016)
• Lee & Brown, 2009. Revised Checklist of Batrachedridae in Neotropical Region. - http://mississippientomologicalmuseum.org.msstate.edu/
• Butterflyhouse.com.au