Batrachedra hypoxutha

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Batrachedra hypoxutha
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B. hypoxutha
Binomial name
Batrachedra hypoxutha
Meyrick, 1897

Batrachedra hypoxutha is a species of moth of the family Batrachedridae. It is found in Australia.[1]

Original description[]

Female 11-12 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish-ochreous. Palpi white, second joint with very oblique ochreous or fuscous subapical band, scale-projection slight. Antennae white, ringed with brown. Legs dark fuscous, suffusedly banded with whitish. Forewings yellow-brown; costal edge suffusedly white; cilia light brownish. Hindwings grey; cilia light brownish. Brisbane and Rosewood, Queensland; Sydney, New South Wales; in September and December, three specimens.

— Original description by Edward Meyrick

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