Batrachedra
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Batrachedridae |
| Genus: | Batrachedra Herrich-Schäffer, 1853[1]
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Batrachedra is the largest genus in the moth family Batrachedridae, with representatives all over the world. The early stages of most species are unknown.[2] The genus name is derived from the Greek words batrachos, 'frog', and edra, 'seat', referring to the frog-like resting posture of the adult moths.[3][4] As of 2018 at least some 114 species are known to belong to the genus.[5]
Distribution
There are only three species found in Europe.[6] There is an especially high amount of biodiversity in the Indomalayan realm.[citation needed]
Ecology
Of most species little is known about the ecology, but of those of which it is known, the caterpillars across the genus use a large variety of
Salix and Populus, one is a pest of pineapples, another a pest of Agave, one feeds on the fruit of Smilax china and another on types of palms from Brazil.[5][7]
Species
The genus contains the following species:[8]
- Batrachedra acrodeta Meyrick, 1927 (from Samoa)
- Batrachedra agaura Meyrick, 1901 (from New Zealand)
- Batrachedra albicapitella Sinev, 1986 (from the Koreas, Japan, south of far eastern Siberia)
- Batrachedra amydraula Meyrick, 1916 (from India, UAE)
- Batrachedra angusta Turati, 1930 (from northernmost Africa)
- Batrachedra aphypnota (Meyrick, 1917) (from Sri Lanka)
- Batrachedra arenosella (Walker, 1864) (widespread, New Zealand, Australia, etc.)
- Batrachedra astathma Meyrick, 1897 (from Australia)
- Batrachedra astricta Philpott, 1930 (from New Zealand)
- Batrachedra atomosella Walsingham, 1900 (from Socotra)
- Batrachedra atriloqua Meyrick, 1931 (from Fiji)
- Batrachedra auricomella Sinev, 1993 (from Primorsky Krai)
- Batrachedra busiris Hodges, 1966 (from Florida in the USA)
- Batrachedra calator Hodges, 1966 (from Mexico)
- Batrachedra capnospila Lower, 1899 (from New South Wales in Australia)
- Batrachedra chasanella Sinev, 1993 (from Primorsky Krai)
- Batrachedra comosae Hodges, 1966 (from Puerto Rico)
- Batrachedra concitata Meyrick, 1928 (from Texas, New Mexico)
- Batrachedra conspersa Meyrick, 1916 (from Ecuador)
- Batrachedra copia Clarke, 1957 (from Mexico)
- Batrachedra daduchus Hodges, 1966 (from Jamaica)
- Batrachedra decoctor Hodges, 1966 (from Florida and Bermuda)
- Batrachedra diplosema Meyrick, 1897 (from Queensland in Australia)
- Batrachedra ditrota Meyrick, 1897 (from Australia)
- Batrachedra dolichoscia Meyrick, 1928 (Neotropical)
- Batrachedra elucus Hodges, 1966 (Arizona)
- Batrachedra enormis Meyrick, 1928 (Neotropical)
- Batrachedra epimyxa Meyrick, 1916 (India)
- Batrachedra epixantha Meyrick, 1917 (from Australia)
- Batrachedra epombra Meyrick, 1914 (from Africa)
- Batrachedra eremochtha (from Australia)
- Batrachedra eucola Meyrick, 1889 (New Zealand)
- Batrachedra eurema Bradley, 1956 (from Guadalcanal, Lord Howe Island)
- Batrachedra eustola Meyrick, 1889 (Australia)
- Batrachedra filicicola Meyrick, 1917 (New Zealand)
- Batrachedra folia Hodges, 1966 (Arizona)
- Batrachedra garritor Hodges, 1966 (Arizona)
- Batrachedra granosa Meyrick, 1911 (from Namibia, South Africa)
- Batrachedra hageter Hodges, 1966 (California)
- Batrachedra helarcha (from Australia)
- Batrachedra heliota Meyrick, 1913 (from South Africa)
- Batrachedra holochlora (from Australia)
- Batrachedra hypachroa (from Australia)
- Batrachedra hypoleuca
- Batrachedra hypoxutha
- Batrachedra illusor
- Batrachedra isochtha Meyrick, 1914 (from Congo, Uganda, South Africa)
- Batrachedra knabi (Walsingham, 1909) (Neotropical)
- Batrachedra leucophyta (from Australia)
- Batrachedra libator
- Batrachedra linaria
- Batrachedra liopsis(from Australia)
- Batrachedra litterata
- Batrachedra lygropis (from Australia)
- Batrachedra macroloncha
- Batrachedra mathesoni
- Batrachedra meator Hodges, 1966 (Neotropical)
- Batrachedra megalodoxa (from Australia)
- Batrachedra metaxias (from Australia)
- Batrachedra microbias Meyrick, 1914 (from South Africa)
- Batrachedra microdryas (from Australia)
- Batrachedra microtoma (from Australia)
- Batrachedra mictopsamma
- Batrachedra monophthalma
- Batrachedra mylephata (from Australia)
- Batrachedra myrmecophila
- Batrachedra notocapna (from Australia)
- Batrachedra nuciferae Hodges, 1966 (Neotropical)
- Batrachedra ochricomella Sinev, 1993 (Russia)
- Batrachedra oemias Meyrick, 1909 (from South Africa)
- Batrachedra orinarcha Meyrick, 1917 (India)
- Batrachedra pacabilis Meyrick, 1922
- Batrachedra pachybela Meyrick, 1934 (from Sudan)
- Batrachedra paritor Hodges, 1966 (Neotropical)
- Batrachedra parvulipunctella Chrétien, 1915 (from Europe)
- Batrachedra pastor Meyrick, 1936 (Taiwan)
- Batrachedra peroptusa Meyrick, 1922 (Neotropical)
- Batrachedra phaneropa Meyrick, 1914 (from Malawi)
- Batrachedra phorcydia (from Australia)
- Batrachedra pinicolella (Zeller, 1839) (from Europe, Palearctic)
- Batrachedra plagiocentra (from Australia)
- Batrachedra praeangusta (Haworth, 1828) (from Europe, Palearctic)
- Batrachedra promylaea Meyrick, 1917 (India)
- Batrachedra psithyra Meyrick, 1922 (New Zealand)
- Batrachedra rainha Bippus, 2020
- Batrachedra repertor Hodges, 1966 (Neotropical)
- Batrachedra rhysodes
- Batrachedra rixator Hodges, 1966 (Neotropical)
- Batrachedra sacrata Meyrick, 1921 (India)
- Batrachedra salicipomenella
- Batrachedra salina Meyrick, 1921 (from Australia)
- Batrachedra satirica Meyrick, 1917 (from Australia)
- Batrachedra saurota Meyrick, 1911 (from South Africa)
- Batrachedra scapulata Meyrick, 1917 (Sri Lanka)
- Batrachedra scitator
- Batrachedra siliginea(from Australia)
- Batrachedra smilacis Sugisima, 2006
- Batrachedra stenosema Lower, 1904
- Batrachedra sterilis Meyrick, 1897 (from Australia)
- Batrachedra striolata
- Batrachedra subglauca Sinev, 1979 (Russia)
- Batrachedra substrata Meyrick, 1916 (Sri Lanka)
- Batrachedra tarsimaculata Walsingham, 1897 (West Indies)
- Batrachedra testor Hodges, 1966 (Florida)
- Batrachedra theca Clarke, 1957 (Neotropical)
- Batrachedra trimeris Meyrick, 1897 (from Australia)
- Batrachedra tristicta Meyrick, 1901 (New Zealand)
- Batrachedra velox Meyrick, 1897 (from Australia)
- Batrachedra verax Meyrick, 1917 (Sri Lanka)
- Batrachedra volucris (from Australia)
- Batrachedra xanthocrena Meyrick, 1917 (India)
- Batrachedra zenochroaLower, 1904 (from Australia)
Selected former species
- Batrachedra albanica
- Batrachedra albistrigella
- Batrachedra bedelliella
- Batrachedra bermudensis
- Batrachedra clemensella
- Batrachedra concors
- Batrachedra crypsineura
- Batrachedra cuniculata
- Batrachedra curvilineella
- Batrachedra ephelus
- Batrachedra halans
- Batrachedra hologramma
- Batrachedra kabulella
- Batrachedra ledereriella(Zeller, 1850) (from southern Europe, Canary Islands, Morocco)
- Batrachedra lomentella
- Batrachedra microstigma
- Batrachedra peroptusa Meyrick, 1922 (Neotropical)
- Batrachedra phragmitidella
- Batrachedra praeangustella
- Batrachedra psilopa
- Batrachedra pulvella
- Batrachedra ruficiliata
- Batrachedra silvatica
- Batrachedra sophroniella
- Batrachedra stegodyphobius
- Batrachedra supercincta
- Batrachedra turdipennella
- Batrachedra unifasciella
References
- ^ Revised Checklist of Batrachedridae in Neotropical Region
- ISBN 0-946589-66-6.
- OCLC 891672034.
- ^ Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1978). Insects of Hawaii (PDF). Vol. 9 Microlepidoptera. Honolulu: The University Press of Hawaii. pp. 1003–1015.
- ^ a b Savela, Markku (30 December 2018). "Batrachedra". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ "Batrachedra Herrich-Schäffer, 1853". Fauna Europaea. Fauna Europaea Secretariat, Museum für Naturkunde Leibniz & Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- JSTOR 25077925.
- ^ Natural History Museum Lepidoptera Generic Names Catalog
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Batrachedra.
- De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. 2016. Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication (www.afromoths.net) (acc.23-Aug-2016)
- Lee & Brown, 2009. Revised Checklist of Batrachedridae in Neotropical Region. - http://mississippientomologicalmuseum.org.msstate.edu/
- Butterflyhouse.com.au