Battaristis atelesta
| Battaristis atelesta | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Battaristis |
| Species: | B. atelesta |
| Binomial name | |
| Battaristis atelesta Meyrick, 1914 | |
Battaristis atelesta is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is found in Guyana.[1]
The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are dark bronzy grey with a small blackish spot on the base of the dorsum and a blackish spot on the fold before one-fourth. The plical and second discal stigmata are black and there is a thick blackish streak along the costa from two-fifths to the apex, attenuated anteriorly, cut by a very oblique fine whitish strigula from beyond the middle, and by another somewhat less oblique from three-fourths, terminating in an undefined patch of whitish irroration (sprinkles) near the termen. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[2]
References
- ^ Savela, Markku (December 31, 2018). "Battaristis atelesta Meyrick, 1914". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
- ^ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1914: 248.
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