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Battaristis melanamba

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Battaristis melanamba
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Battaristis
Species:
B. melanamba
Binomial name
Battaristis melanamba
Meyrick, 1914

Battaristis melanamba 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 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

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku (December 31, 2018). "Battaristis melanamba Meyrick, 1914". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  2. ^ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1914: 249. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.