Batrachedrodes syrraphella
| Batrachedrodes syrraphella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Batrachedridae |
| Genus: | Batrachedrodes |
| Species: | B. syrraphella |
| Binomial name | |
| Batrachedrodes syrraphella (Walsingham, 1907) | |
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Batrachedrodes syrraphella is a moth of the Batrachedridae family. It is endemic to Oahu and Hawaii.
The larvae feed on Thelypteris parasitica (Thelypteridaceae)[1] and Dryopteris parasitica. They make tubes of white silk among the sporangia upon which they feed.
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