Batrachedra amydraula

Batrachedra amydraula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Batrachedridae
Genus: Batrachedra
Species:
B. amydraula
Binomial name
Batrachedra amydraula

Batrachedra amydraula, the lesser date moth, is a species of moth of the family Batrachedridae found from Bangladesh to western Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Israel, Iraq, and Iran, as well as most of North Africa.

The wingspan is 10โ€“14 mm.

The larvae feed on Derris trifoliata and Phoenix dactylifera.[2]

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