Battaristis prismatopa
| Battaristis prismatopa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Battaristis |
| Species: | B. prismatopa
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| Binomial name | |
| Battaristis prismatopa Meyrick, 1914
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Battaristis prismatopa 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 whitish ochreous, with a few scattered dark fuscous scales posteriorly. The plical and second discal stigmata are dark fuscous and there is a blackish-fuscous streak along the costa from before the middle to near the apex, cut by a very oblique white strigula beyond the middle. A fine white subterminal line is found from three-fourths of the costa to the tornus, rather acutely angulated in the middle, the upper half faintly curved outwards, followed by brownish suffusion, the lower straight. There is also a small black rhomboidal spot on the termen beneath the apex, edged with some whitish suffusion. The hindwings are dark grey.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Savela, Markku (December 31, 2018). "Battaristis prismatopa Meyrick, 1914". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
- ^ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1914: 246.
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