Boydia stenadelpha

Boydia stenadelpha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Xyloryctidae
Genus: Boydia
Species: B. stenadelpha
Binomial name
Boydia stenadelpha
(Lower, 1905)
Synonyms
  • Hypertricha stenadelpha Lower, 1905

Boydia stenadelpha is a moth in the Xyloryctidae family. It was described by Lower in 1905. It is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from New South Wales.

The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are cinerous-grey-whitish with a streak of white along the fold from the base to the end of the cell, containing an oblique fuscous patch in the middle, and two or three fuscous dots on the upper half at and near the extremity. The hindwings are pale grey-whitish, somewhat fuscous tinged around the apex.[2]

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