Ardozyga subnexella

Ardozyga subnexella is a species of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland and New South Wales.[1]

Ardozyga subnexella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Ardozyga
Species:
A. subnexella
Binomial name
Ardozyga subnexella
(Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia subnexella Walker, 1864
  • Protolechia subnexella
  • Gelechia bistellella Walker, 1864
  • Gelechia monoleuca Lower, 1897

The wingspan is 16–17 mm. The forewings are purplish fuscous irregularly irrorated (sprinkled) with dark fuscous or blackish and with a streak of blackish suffusion along the fold. There is a suffused black streak in the disc from before the middle to near the termen, interrupted by a rather large white second discal stigma. The hindwings are fuscous, darker posteriorly, thinly scaled towards the base.[2]

References
  1. Savela, Markku. "Ardozyga subnexella (Walker, 1864)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
  2. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 29 (2): 386


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