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Batrachedra holochlora

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Batrachedra holochlora
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Batrachedridae
Genus: Batrachedra
Species:
B. holochlora
Binomial name
Batrachedra holochlora
Meyrick, 1897

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

Original description

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Female 16 mm. Head, palpi, antennne, thorax, abdomen, and legs ochreous-white; scale-projection of palpi very slight. Forewings ochreous-whitish, somewhat sprinkled suffusedly with ochreous; first and second discal stigmata round, dark fuscous; a minute dark fuscous apical dot; cilia whitish. Hindwings grey-whitish; cilia ochreous-whitish. Sydney, New South Wales; in December, one specimen.

— Original description by Edward Meyrick
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