Battaristis acroglypta

Battaristis acroglypta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Battaristis
Species:	B. acroglypta
Binomial name
	Battaristis acroglypta; Meyrick, 1929

Battaristis acroglypta is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1929. It is found in Colombia.[1]

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are brownish grey, on the costal half posteriorly light ochreous brownish, the costa broadly suffused with whitish grey from the base to beyond the middle, the costal edge black at the base, then white to the middle. Beyond the middle is a wedge-shaped black mark along the costa followed by an oblique white strigula at two-thirds. There is an irregular patch of whitish suffusion about the end of the cell and an elongate blackish mark indicating the second discal stigma, from which a white line runs to the apex. There is a narrow irregular fascia of dark grey and white irroration (sprinkling) crossing the wing near the apex. The hindwings are rather dark grey.[2]

References

Savela, Markku (December 31, 2018). "Battaristis acroglypta Meyrick, 1929". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (16): 505.

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[1] Savela, Markku (December 31, 2018). "Battaristis acroglypta Meyrick, 1929". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 18, 2020.

[2] Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (16): 505.