Batrachedrodes syrraphella
Appearance
Batrachedrodes syrraphella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Momphidae |
Genus: | Batrachedrodes |
Species: | B. syrraphella
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Binomial name | |
Batrachedrodes syrraphella (Walsingham, 1907)
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Batrachedrodes syrraphella is a moth of the family Momphidae.[1] It was first described by Lord Walsingham in 1907. It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Oahu and Hawaii.
The larvae feed on Thelypteris parasitica (Thelypteridaceae)[2] and Dryopteris parasitica. They make tubes of white silk among the sporangia upon which they feed.
References
[edit]- ^ Savela, Markku. "Batrachedrodes". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
- ^ HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
External links
[edit]- Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1978). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 9 Microlepidoptera. The University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7338.