Batrachedra
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Batrachedra is the largest genus in the moth family Batrachedridae
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It includes the following species:
Batrachedridae
Batrachedridae is a small family of moths. These are small, slender moths which rest with the wings wrapped tightly around the body. The taxonomy of this and related groups is often disputed...
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It includes the following species:
- Batrachedra acrodeta
- Batrachedra agauraBatrachedra agauraBatrachedra agaura is a species of moth of the Batrachedridae family. It is found in New Zealand.The wingspan is 13-17 mm.The larvae feed on scale insects....
- Batrachedra albanica
- Batrachedra albicapitella
- Batrachedra albistrigella
- Batrachedra amydraulaBatrachedra amydraulaThe Lesser Date Moth is a species of moth of the Batrachedridae family. It is found from Bangladesh to western Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Israel, Iraq and Iran, as well as most of North Africa.The wingspan is 10-14 mm....
- Recorded larval food plants: Derris trifoliataDerrisDerris is a climbing leguminous plant of Southeast Asia and the southwest Pacific islands, including New Guinea. Its roots contain rotenone, a strong insecticide and fish poison....
, Phoenix dactylifera - Batrachedra angusta
- Batrachedra aphypnotaBatrachedra aphypnotaBatrachedra aphypnota is a moth of the Batrachedridae family. It is found in Sri Lanka ....
- Batrachedra arenosellaBatrachedra arenosellaThe Coconut Moth is a species of moth of the Batrachedridae family. It is found in India, Indonesia and Malaya as well as New Zealand and Australia, from the Northern Territory and northern Queensland to New South Wales and South Australia.The wingspan is about 10 mm...
- Recorded larval food plants: Cocos nucifera, JuncusJuncusJuncus is a genus in the plant family Juncaceae. It consists of some 200 to 300 or more species of grassy plants commonly called rushes...
, Livistona subglobosaLivistonaLivistona is a genus of 36 species of palms , native to southern and southeastern Asia, Australasia, and the Horn of Africa...
, MacadamiaMacadamiaMacadamia is a genus of nine species of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae, with a disjunct distribution native to eastern Australia , New Caledonia and Sulawesi in Indonesia ....
, PhoenixPhoenix (plant)Phoenix is a genus of 14 species of palms, native from the Canary Islands east across northern and central Africa, the extreme southeast of Europe , and southern Asia from Turkey east to southern China and Malaysia. The diverse habitats they occupy include swamps, deserts, and mangrove sea coasts...
, Schefflera stellataScheffleraSchefflera is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae. The plants are trees, shrubs or lianas, growing tall, with woody stems and palmately compound leaves. The circumscription of the genus has varied greatly... - Batrachedra astathmaBatrachedra astathmaBatrachedra astathma is a species of moth of the Batrachedridae family. It is found in Australia.-Original Description:-External links:*...
- Batrachedra astrictaBatrachedra astrictaBatrachedra astricta is a species of moth of the Batrachedridae family. It is found in New Zealand....
- Batrachedra atomosella
- Batrachedra atriloqua
- Larval food plant: Cocos nucifera
- Batrachedra bedelliella
- Larval food plant: Asplenium nidusAsplenium nidusAsplenium nidus is a species of fern in the family Aspleniaceae, native to tropical southeastern Asia, eastern Australia, Hawaii, Polynesia, Christmas Island, India, and eastern Africa...
- Batrachedra bermudensis
- Batrachedra busiris
- Batrachedra calator
- Batrachedra capnospilaBatrachedra capnospilaBatrachedra capnospila is a species of moth of the Batrachedridae family. It is found in Australia.-External links:*...
- Batrachedra clemensella
- Batrachedra comosae
- Larval food plant: Ananas comosus
- Batrachedra concitata
- Batrachedra concors
- Batrachedra conspersa
- Batrachedra copia
- Batrachedra crypsineura
- Batrachedra cuniculata
- Recorded larval food plants: CyperusCyperusCyperus is a large genus of about 600 species of sedges, distributed throughout all continents in both tropical and temperate regions. They are annual or perennial plants, mostly aquatic and growing in still or slow-moving water up to 0.5 m deep. The species vary greatly in size, with small species...
, ScirpusScirpusThe plant genus Scirpus consists of a large number of aquatic, grass-like species in the family Cyperaceae , many with the common names club-rush or bulrush . Other common names are deergrass or grassweed.The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, and grows in wetlands and moist soil... - Batrachedra curvilineella
- Larval food plant: CrataegusCrataegusCrataegus , commonly called hawthorn or thornapple, is a large genus of shrubs and trees in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere in Europe, Asia and North America. The name hawthorn was originally applied to the species native to northern Europe,...
- Batrachedra daduchus
- Batrachedra decoctorBatrachedra decoctorBatrachedra decoctor is a species of moth belonging to the Batrachedridae family. It is native to the southeastern United States especially in northern Florida.-Subspecies:*Batrachedra decoctor decoctor...
- Larval food plant: Serenoa repens
- Batrachedra diplosemaBatrachedra diplosemaBatrachedra diplosema is a species of moth of the Batrachedridae family. It is found in Australia.-Original Description:-External links:*...
- Batrachedra ditrotaBatrachedra ditrotaBatrachedra ditrota is a species of moth of the Batrachedridae family. It is found in Australia.-Original Description:-External links:*...
- Batrachedra dolichoscia
- Batrachedra elucus
- Batrachedra enormis
- Batrachedra ephelus
- Batrachedra epimyxa
- Batrachedra epixanthaBatrachedra epixanthaBatrachedra epixantha is a species of moth of the Batrachedridae family. It is found in Australia.-Original Description:-External links:*...
- Batrachedra epombraBatrachedra epombraBatrachedra epombra is a species of moth of the Batrachedridae family. It is known from South Africa....
- Batrachedra eremochthaBatrachedra eremochthaBatrachedra eremochtha is a species of moth of the Batrachedridae family. It is found in Australia.-Original Description:-External links:*...
- Batrachedra eucolaBatrachedra eucolaBatrachedra eucola is a species of moth of the Batrachedridae family. It is found in New Zealand....
- Batrachedra euremaBatrachedra euremaBatrachedra eurema is a species of moth of the Batrachedridae family. It is found on Lord Howe Island and Guadalcanal.-External links:*...
- Batrachedra eustolaBatrachedra eustolaBatrachedra eustola is a species of moth of the Batrachedridae family. It is found in Australia.-Original Description:-External links:*...
- Batrachedra filicicolaBatrachedra filicicolaBatrachedra filicicola is a species of moth of the Batrachedridae family. It is found in New Zealand.The wingspan is about 8 mm. The head and thorax are bronzy-whitish. The palpi have appressed scales and are whitish, with faint greyish marks at the apex of the second joint and at the base and apex...
- Larval food plants: various fernFernA fern is any one of a group of about 12,000 species of plants belonging to the botanical group known as Pteridophyta. Unlike mosses, they have xylem and phloem . They have stems, leaves, and roots like other vascular plants...
s - Batrachedra folia
- Batrachedra garritor
- Batrachedra granosaBatrachedra granosaBatrachedra granosa is a species of moth of the Batrachedridae family. It is known from South Africa....
- Batrachedra hageter
- Batrachedra halans
- Batrachedra helarchaBatrachedra helarchaBatrachedra helarcha is a species of moth of the Batrachedridae family. It is found in Australia.-Original Description:-External links:*...
- Batrachedra heliotaBatrachedra heliotaBatrachedra heliota is a species of moth of the Batrachedridae family. It is known from South Africa....
- Batrachedra holochloraBatrachedra holochloraBatrachedra holochlora is a species of moth of the Batrachedridae family. It is found in Australia.-Original Description:-External links:*...
- Batrachedra hologramma
- Batrachedra hypachroaBatrachedra hypachroaBatrachedra hypachroa is a species of moth of the Batrachedridae family. It is found in Australia.-Original Description:-External links:*...
- Batrachedra hypoleuca
- Batrachedra hypoxuthaBatrachedra hypoxuthaBatrachedra hypoxutha is a species of moth of the Batrachedridae family. It is found in Australia.-Original Description:...
- Batrachedra illusor
- Batrachedra isochthaBatrachedra isochthaBatrachedra isochtha is a species of moth of the Batrachedridae family. It is known from South Africa.The larvae feed on Phoenix species....
- Larval food plant: PhoenixPhoenix (plant)Phoenix is a genus of 14 species of palms, native from the Canary Islands east across northern and central Africa, the extreme southeast of Europe , and southern Asia from Turkey east to southern China and Malaysia. The diverse habitats they occupy include swamps, deserts, and mangrove sea coasts...
- Batrachedra kabulella
- Batrachedra knabi
- Batrachedra leucophytaBatrachedra leucophytaBatrachedra leucophyta is a species of moth of the Batrachedridae family. It is found in Australia.-Original Description:-External links:*...
- Batrachedra libator
- Batrachedra linaria
- Batrachedra liopsis
- Batrachedra litterataBatrachedra litterataBatrachedra litterata is a species of moth of the Batrachedridae family. It is found in New Zealand....
- Batrachedra lomentella
- Larval food plants: various fernFernA fern is any one of a group of about 12,000 species of plants belonging to the botanical group known as Pteridophyta. Unlike mosses, they have xylem and phloem . They have stems, leaves, and roots like other vascular plants...
s - Batrachedra lygropisBatrachedra lygropisBatrachedra lygropis is a species of moth of the Batrachedridae family. It is found in Australia.-External links:*...
- Batrachedra macroloncha
- Batrachedra mathesoni
- Larval food plant: Cocos nucifera
- Batrachedra meator
- Batrachedra megalodoxaBatrachedra megalodoxaBatrachedra megalodoxa is a species of moth of the Batrachedridae family. It is found in Australia.-Original Description:-External links:*...
- Batrachedra metaxiasBatrachedra metaxiasBatrachedra metaxias is a species of moth of the Batrachedridae family. It is found in Australia.-External links:*...
- Batrachedra microbiasBatrachedra microbiasBatrachedra microbias is a species of moth of the Batrachedridae family. It is known from South Africa....
- Batrachedra microdryasBatrachedra microdryasBatrachedra microdryas is a species of moth of the Batrachedridae family. It is found in Australia.-External links:*...
- Batrachedra microstigma
- Batrachedra microtomaBatrachedra microtomaBatrachedra microtoma is a species of moth of the Batrachedridae family. It is found from southern Queensland to central New South Wales.Adults are small and grey. They have a few fine dark sports or markings on their forewings.-External links:*...
- Batrachedra mictopsamma
- Batrachedra monophthalma
- Batrachedra mylephataBatrachedra mylephataBatrachedra mylephata is a species of moth of the Batrachedridae family. It is found in Australia.-Original Description:-External links:*...
- Batrachedra myrmecophila
- Batrachedra notocapnaBatrachedra notocapnaBatrachedra notocapna is a species of moth of the Batrachedridae family. It is found in Australia.-External links:*...
- Batrachedra nuciferae
- Recorded larval food plants: Attalea, Cocos nucifera, Syagrus coronaeSyagrusSyagrus is a genus of 30 to 42 species of Arecaceae , native to South America, with one species endemic to the Lesser Antilles. The genus is closely related to the Cocos, or coconut genus, and many Syagrus species produce edible seeds similar to the coconut.-Description:Palms in this group have...
- Batrachedra ochricomella
- Batrachedra oemiasBatrachedra oemiasBatrachedra oemias is a species of moth of the Batrachedridae family. It is known from South Africa....
- Batrachedra orinarcha
- Batrachedra pacabilis
- Batrachedra pachybela
- Batrachedra paritor
- Batrachedra parvulipunctellaBatrachedra parvulipunctellaBatrachedra parvulipunctella is a species of moth of the Batrachedridae family. It is found in southern Europe and North Africa.Adults are on wing from May to June and again from July to September in two generations per year....
- Batrachedra pastor
- Batrachedra peltias
- Batrachedra phaneropaBatrachedra phaneropaBatrachedra phaneropa is a species of moth of the Batrachedridae family. It is known from South Africa....
- Batrachedra phorcydiaBatrachedra phorcydiaBatrachedra phorcydia is a species of moth of the Batrachedridae family. It is found in Australia.-Original Description:-External links:*...
- Batrachedra phragmitidella
- Batrachedra pinicolellaBatrachedra pinicolellaBatrachedra parvulipunctella is a species of moth of the Batrachedridae family. It is found from most of Europe east through the Caucasus and southern Sibiria to the Russian Far East....
- Recorded larval food plants: Picea, Pinus sylvestris
- Batrachedra plagiocentraBatrachedra plagiocentraBatrachedra plagiocentra is a species of moth of the Batrachedridae family. It is found in Australia.-Original Description:-External links:*...
- Batrachedra praeangustaBatrachedra praeangustaBatrachedra praeangusta is a moth of the Batrachedridae family. It is found in Europe, except the Balkans.The wingspan is 12–14 mm. The moth flies from July to August depending on the location....
- Recorded larval food plants: PopulusPoplarPopulus is a genus of 25–35 species of deciduous flowering plants in the family Salicaceae, native to most of the Northern Hemisphere. English names variously applied to different species include poplar , aspen, and cottonwood....
, Salix - Batrachedra praeangustella
- Batrachedra promylaea
- Batrachedra psilopa
- Batrachedra psithyraBatrachedra psithyraBatrachedra psithyra is a species of moth of the Batrachedridae family. It is found in New Zealand.The larvae feed on various ferns....
- Larval food plants: various fernFernA fern is any one of a group of about 12,000 species of plants belonging to the botanical group known as Pteridophyta. Unlike mosses, they have xylem and phloem . They have stems, leaves, and roots like other vascular plants...
s - Batrachedra pulvella
- Batrachedra repertor
- Batrachedra rhysodes
- Batrachedra rixator
- Batrachedra ruficiliata
- Batrachedra sacrata
- Batrachedra salicipomenella
- Larval food plant: Salix
- Batrachedra salinaBatrachedra salinaBatrachedra salina is a species of moth of the Batrachedridae family. It is found in Australia.-External links:*...
- Batrachedra satiricaBatrachedra satiricaBatrachedra satirica is a species of moth of the Batrachedridae family. It is found in Australia.-Original Description:-External links:*...
- Batrachedra saurotaBatrachedra saurotaBatrachedra saurota is a species of moth of the Batrachedridae family. It is known from South Africa....
- Batrachedra scapulata
- Batrachedra scitator
- Batrachedra siliginea
- Batrachedra silvatica
- Larval food plant: Pinus roxburghii, also partly carnivorous (recorded feeding on mealybugMealybugMealybugs are insects in the family Pseudococcidae, unarmored scale insects found in moist, warm climates. They are considered pests as they feed on plant juices of greenhouse plants, house plants and subtropical trees and also acts as a vector for several plant diseases.-Distribution:Mealybugs...
s) - Batrachedra sophroniella
- Larval food plant: Dryopteris cyatheoidesDryopterisDryopteris , commonly called wood ferns, male ferns, and buckler ferns, is a genus of about 250 species of ferns with distribution in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, with the highest species diversity in eastern Asia. Many of the species have stout, slowly creeping rootstocks that form a crown,...
- Batrachedra stegodyphobiusBatrachedra stegodyphobiusBatrachedra stegodyphobius is a species of moth of the Batrachedridae family. It is known from South Africa.The larvae have been recorded feeding on decaying animal matter in the web of social spiders of the Stegodyphus genus. Pupation takes place in the spiders web. Adults do not get caught in the...
- Batrachedra stenosema
- Batrachedra sterilisBatrachedra sterilisBatrachedra sterilis is a species of moth of the Batrachedridae family. It is found in Australia.-Original Description:-External links:*...
- Batrachedra striolata
- Recorded larval food plants: Agave shawiiAgaveAgave is a genus of monocots. The plants are perennial, but each rosette flowers once and then dies ; they are commonly known as the century plant....
, Salix lasiolepis - Batrachedra subglauca
- Batrachedra substrata
- Batrachedra supercincta
- Batrachedra tarsimaculata
- Batrachedra testor
- Batrachedra theca
- Batrachedra trimerisBatrachedra trimerisBatrachedra trimeris is a species of moth of the Batrachedridae family. It is found in Australia.-Original Description:-External links:*...
- Batrachedra tristictaBatrachedra tristictaBatrachedra tristicta is a species of moth of the Batrachedridae family. It is found in New Zealand.The larvae feed on the seed heads of Juncus gregiflorus....
- Batrachedra turdipennella
- Batrachedra unifasciella
- Batrachedra veloxBatrachedra veloxBatrachedra velox is a species of moth of the Batrachedridae family. It is found in Australia.-External links:*...
- Batrachedra verax
- Batrachedra volucrisBatrachedra volucrisBatrachedra volucris is a species of moth of the Batrachedridae family. It is found in Australia.-Original Description:-External links:*...
- Batrachedra xanthocrena
- Batrachedra zenochroa