Batrachedrodes ephelus
Moth species in family Momphidae
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Batrachedrodes ephelus is a moth of the family Momphidae.[1] It was first described by Lord Walsingham in 1907 and is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Molokai.
| Batrachedrodes ephelus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Momphidae |
| Genus: | Batrachedrodes |
| Species: | B. ephelus |
| Binomial name | |
| Batrachedrodes ephelus (Walsingham, 1907) | |
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The larvae probably feed on a fern species.