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Battaristis atelesta

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Battaristis atelesta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku (December 31, 2018). "Battaristis atelesta Meyrick, 1914". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  2. ^ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1914: 248. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.