Suborder:Glossata Infraorder:Heteroneura Superfamily:Gelechioidea
Batrachedra (2S)
Generic features: Head smooth-scaled; Ocelli absent; Proboscis scaled; Antenna 4/5 length of forewing, scape with or without pecten;
Labial palp porrect, S2 slightly longer than S3; Maxillary palp very short; Forewing and hindwing narrow lanceolate
Male genitalia: uncus long, pointed; gnathos large, spatulate, as long as uncus; juxta lobes prominent
Female genitalia: antrum funnel-shaped; ductus bursae narrow, spiculate; corpus bursae ovoid with 1 signum
Labial palp porrect, S2 slightly longer than S3; Maxillary palp very short; Forewing and hindwing narrow lanceolate
Male genitalia: uncus long, pointed; gnathos large, spatulate, as long as uncus; juxta lobes prominent
Female genitalia: antrum funnel-shaped; ductus bursae narrow, spiculate; corpus bursae ovoid with 1 signum
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001 Batrachedra preangusta
(Poplar Needle-moth) 
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0019 Batrachedra confusella
(Pine Needle-moth) 
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002 Batrachedra pinicolella
(Spruce Needle-moth) ws: 9-13mm (MBGBI4.1), fw 4-6mm (Sterling & Parsons); Jun-Aug; Norway spruce (Picea abies); NS-B fairly common in coniferous woodland in England But most specimens formerly considered to be B.pinicolella are probably P.confusella. Split 2022. Gen.det required |
