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Battaristis emissurella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Battaristis
Species:	B. emissurella
Binomial name
Battaristis emissurella (Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
Gelechia emissurella Walker, 1864 Cryptolechia severella Walker, 1864 Lecithocera brunniceps Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875 Gelechia fuliginosa Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875 Anacampsis dorsalis Busck, 1914 Compsolechia astroconis Meyrick, 1918

Battaristis emissurella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in Panama, Colombia, Suriname, Guyana and Brazil.

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous with the extreme costal edge dark fuscous, on the posterior half forming a gradually dilated streak almost to the apex. There is a dark fuscous patch occupying the dorsal three-fifths of the wing from near the base to two-thirds. A strongly excurved fine whitish line is found from three-fourths of the costa to the tornus, edged anteriorly except on the costal streak, by a grey fascia strewn with shining white specks. The terminal space beyond this is white on the upper half with two fine black dashes and a dark fuscous marginal line, suffusedly marked with dark fuscous on the lower half. The hindwings are dark grey.

References

1. Savela, Markku. "Battaristis emissurella (Walker, 1864)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
2. Description of Compsolechia astroconis in Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (5): 139 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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