Ardozyga pacifica

Ardozyga pacifica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Ardozyga
Species:	A. pacifica
Binomial name
	Ardozyga pacifica; (Meyrick, 1904)
Synonyms
	Protolechia pacifica Meyrick, 1904; Protolechia leptosticta Turner, 1919;

Ardozyga pacifica 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 New South Wales, Western Australia and Victoria.[1]

The wingspan is 10–12 mm (0.39–0.47 in). The forewings are light greyish-ochreous, irregularly sprinkled with white and dark fuscous. The markings are cloudy, formed of dark golden-brown irroration mixed with dark fuscous. There are small spots at the base of the costa and dorsum and a dorsal suffusion from one-fourth to near the tornus. The stigmata are rather large, the plical somewhat beyond the first discal. There is a small undefined white costal spot before the middle and a broad undefined fascia from the costa beyond this to the tornus. The hindwings are 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]): 342. 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]): 342. Retrieved 3 July 2020 – via Biodiversity Library.