Battaristis sphenodelta

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Battaristis sphenodelta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Battaristis
Species:
B. sphenodelta
Binomial name
Battaristis sphenodelta
Meyrick, 1922

Battaristis sphenodelta is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1922. It is found in Brazil. [1]

The wingspan is about 9 mm. The forewings are whitish ochreous, the costa suffused with white anteriorly and there is an elongate-triangular blackish blotch on the middle of the costa, as well as a wedge-shaped black costal blotch from just beyond this to near the apex, cut by a fine white subterminal line from three-fourths of the costa to the tornus, right angled in the middle and marked with a black dash on the angle. The apical area beyond this is brownish tinged, with some whitish suffusion towards the apex and along the termen. The hindwings are grey. [2]

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References

  1. Savela, Markku (December 31, 2018). "Battaristis sphenodelta Meyrick, 1922". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  2. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1922: 75.