Ardozyga anthracina

Ardozyga anthracina 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.[1]

Ardozyga anthracina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Ardozyga
Species:
A. anthracina
Binomial name
Ardozyga anthracina
(Meyrick, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Protolechia anthracina Meyrick, 1904

The wingspan is 11โ€“13 mm (0.43โ€“0.51 in). The forewings are fuscous suffusedly irrorated (speckled) with dark fuscous, sometimes with a few whitish scales. The plical and second discal stigmata are obsoletely dark fuscous, each accompanied by a distinct white dot. The hindwings are grey, thinly scaled and semitransparent towards the base, darker posteriorly.[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]): 355. Retrieved 17 June 2020 โ€“ via Biodiversity Library. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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