Ardozyga aspetodes

Ardozyga aspetodes is a species of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1904. It is found in Australia where it has been recorded from Victoria.[1]

Ardozyga aspetodes
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A. aspetodes
Binomial name
Ardozyga aspetodes
(Meyrick, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Protolechia aspetodes Meyrick, 1904

The wingspan is about 21 mm (0.83 in). The forewings are dark brown-grey with the stigmata dark fuscous, each followed by a minute pale dot, the plical obliquely beyond the first discal, the second discal transverse. There is a series of pale dots along the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are fuscous with a terminal series of pale dots.[2]

References

  1. Savela, Markku (ed.). "Ardozyga". FUNET. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  2. Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 386. Retrieved 17 June 2020 via Biodiversity Library.


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