Battaristis rhythmodes

Battaristis rhythmodes is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1929. It is found in Pará, Brazil.[1][2]

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

The wingspan is about 7 mm. The forewings are grey, with the tips of the scales pale and with black dots towards the costa at one-sixth and one-third, and in the disc at the middle and two-thirds. There is an oblique dark fuscous streak crossing the fold about one-fourth, and a small spot on the fold before the middle, as well as an elongate-triangular blackish patch extending along the costa from before the middle to near the apex, cut by a short direct whitish strigula at the middle, and an oblique one at three-fourths, the latter almost meeting a fine indistinct erect whitish strigula from the tornus. The hindwings are dark grey.[3]

References

1. Savela, Markku (December 31, 2018). "Battaristis rhytmodes Meyrick, 1929". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 18, 2020. Note: This source uses a different spelling of the specific name.
2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Battaristis rhythmodes". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
3. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (16): 506.