Batrachedra

Batrachedra
Batrachedra praeangusta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Batrachedridae
Genus: Batrachedra
Herrich-Schäffer, 1853
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Eustaintonia Spuler, 1910

Batrachedra is the largest genus in the moth family Batrachedridae, with representatives all over the world. The early stages of most species are unknown. 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. As of 2018 at least some 114 species are known to belong to the genus.

The genus was first described in 1853 by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer.

Distribution

There are only three species found in Europe. There is especially high biodiversity in the Indomalayan realm.[citation needed]

Ecology

Little is known about the ecology for most species, but for those for which it is known, the caterpillars across the genus use a large variety of host plants. At least two mine within pine or spruce needles, one is found respectively on Cyperaceae, Juncaceae, 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.

Species

The genus contains the following species:

Selected former species

References

  1. ↑ Revised Checklist of Batrachedridae in Neotropical Region
  2. ↑ Emmet, A Maitland; Langmaid, John R; Bland, K P; Fletcher, D S; Harley, B H; Robinson, G S; Skinner, Bernard; Tremewan, W G, eds. (2002). The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 4, Part 1. Colchester: Harley Books. p. 202. ISBN 0-946589-66-6.
  3. ↑ Hoare, Robert J. B. (2014). A photographic guide to moths & butterflies of New Zealand. Ball, Olivier. Auckland: New Holland Publishers. p. 37. ISBN 9781869663995. OCLC 891672034.
  4. ↑ Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1978). Insects of Hawaii (PDF). Vol. 9 Microlepidoptera. Honolulu: The University Press of Hawaii. pp. 1003–1015.
  5. 1 2 Savela, Markku (30 December 2018). "Batrachedra". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  6. ↑ "GBIF: Batrachedra Herrich-Schäffer, 1853". gbif.org. Retrieved 2025-11-27.
  7. ↑ Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer; Hübner, Jakob Jacob Johann (1853), Systematische Bearbeitung der Schmetterlinge von Europa, zugleich als Text, Revision und Supplement zu Jakob Hübner's Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge (published 1843), doi:10.5962/bhl.title.67734, Wikidata Q59509282 {{Cite Q}}: Missing first/last names in Wikidata for Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer  (help) BHL page 42586907
  8. ↑ "Batrachedra Herrich-Schäffer, 1853". Fauna Europaea. Fauna Europaea Secretariat, Museum für Naturkunde Leibniz & Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  9. ↑ Hodges, Ronald W. (December 1966). "Review of New World Species of Batrachedra, with Description of Three New Genera (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea)". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 92 (4): 585–651. JSTOR 25077925.
  10. ↑ Natural History Museum Lepidoptera Generic Names Catalog