Ardozyga loxodesma

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

Ardozyga loxodesma 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 South Australia.[1]

The wingspan is 11–14 mm (0.43–0.55 in). The forewings are rather dark fuscous, finely irrorated (speckled) with whitish and with a spot on the costa at one-fourth, a straight oblique fascia from before the middle of the costa to before the tornus, and an angulated subterminal series of spots very close to the posterior portion of the costa and termen dark fuscous, undefined and often indistinct. The hindwings are orange, the posterior half suffused with dark fuscous.[2]

References[edit]

  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]): 330. Retrieved 17 June 2020 – via Biodiversity Library. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.