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Battaristis melanamba
Scientific 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.

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.

References

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

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