Battaristis melanamba is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is found in Guyana.[1]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Battaristis |
Species: | B. melanamba
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Binomial name | |
Battaristis melanamba Meyrick, 1914
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The wingspan is about 9 mm. The forewings are leaden grey, finely sprinkled with whitish with black dots beneath the fold before one-fourth and before the middle. The costal edge is black from the base to a minute black strigula at one-fifth and there are two adjacent flattened-triangular black costal patches extending from about one-third to four-fifths, separated by an oblique whitish strigula. There are two or three indistinct minute black pre-marginal dots near the termen. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[2]
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku (December 31, 2018). "Battaristis melanamba Meyrick, 1914". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
- ^ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1914: 249. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.