Ardozyga cosmotis

Ardozyga cosmotis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Ardozyga
Species:	A. cosmotis
Binomial name
	Ardozyga cosmotis; (Meyrick, 1904)
Synonyms
	Protolechia cosmotis Meyrick, 1904;

Ardozyga cosmotis 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 Western Australia.[1]

The wingspan is 13–15 mm (0.51–0.59 in). The forewings are grey or greyish-ochreous, irregularly mixed with white and sprinkled with black and with a small ochreous-orange basal patch. The stigmata are moderate, blackish, more or less accompanied with white, the plical very obliquely beyond the first discal, and with a similar dot between and above the first and second discal, the second discal followed by a white spot containing two black specks. The posterior half of the costa is marked with alternate dark and whitish spots. The hindwings are grey or whitish-grey.[2]

References

Savela, Markku (ed.). "Ardozyga". FUNET. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 351. Retrieved 3 July 2020 – via Biodiversity Library.

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[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]): 351. Retrieved 3 July 2020 – via Biodiversity Library.