Batrachedrodes syrraphella

Batrachedrodes syrraphella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Batrachedridae
Genus: Batrachedrodes
Species: B. syrraphella
Binomial name
Batrachedrodes syrraphella
(Walsingham, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Batrachedra syrraphella Walsingham, 1907

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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