Batrachedra megalodoxa
| Batrachedra megalodoxa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Batrachedridae |
| Genus: | Batrachedra |
| Species: | B. megalodoxa
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| Binomial name | |
| Batrachedra megalodoxa Meyrick, 1897
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Batrachedra megalodoxa is a species of moth of the family Batrachedridae. It is found in Australia.
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.
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