Ardozyga pelogenes

Ardozyga pelogenes is a species of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Victoria and Queensland.[1]

Ardozyga pelogenes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Ardozyga
Species:
A. pelogenes
Binomial name
Ardozyga pelogenes
(Meyrick, 1906)
Synonyms
  • Eutorna pelogenes Meyrick, 1906
  • Phyzanica tapinopa Turner, 1917

The wingspan is 12–13 mm (0.47–0.51 in). The forewings are pale-fuscous finely irrorated with dark-fuscous and with dark-fuscous markings, often indistinct. There is a discal dot at one-fourth, a second beyond it on the fold, a third in the disc beyond the middle, and a fourth immediately beneath and beyond the third, sometimes confluent with it. There is also a submarginal series of dots around the apex and termen. The hindwings are pale-grey.[2]

References

  1. Savela, Markku (ed.). "Ardozyga". FUNET. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  2. Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 41 : 117Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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