Battaristis cyclella

Battaristis cyclella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by August Busck in 1903. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arizona and Utah.[1][2]

Battaristis cyclella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Battaristis
Species:	B. cyclella
Binomial name
Battaristis cyclella (Busck, 1903)
Synonyms
Anacampsis cyclella Busck, 1903

The wingspan is 14-14.5 mm. The forewings are whitish yellow shaded with darker fawn. On the middle of the dorsal edge is a large, semicircular, dark olive-brown spot, reaching to the middle of the wing and edged with white. The apical half of the costal edge is of this same dark brown colour, interrupted by four oblique white streaks, the first near the middle of the wing, the second at the beginning of the costal cilia, both directed outward. The two last streaks are smaller nearer the apex and directed inward. The second costal streak is faintly continued in a thin, outwardly pointed, V-shaped fascia, at the tip of which is a longitudinal black dash, edged with white scales. Above and below this dash, outside of the faint white fascia, the wing is finely checkered with black and white scales. On the middle of the wing at the end of the cell is a small, dark brown, oblong spot. The hindwings are dark olive brown, lighter and silvery toward the base.[3]

References

1. "Battaristis Meyrick, 1914" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
2. Moth Photographers Group
3. Proceedings of the United States National Museum