Battaristis prismatopa

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

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

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. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Savela, Markku (December 31, 2018). "Battaristis prismatopa Meyrick, 1914". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 18, 2020.

[2] Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1914: 246. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.