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Ardozyga amblopis

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

Ardozyga amblopis 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 Western Australia.[1]

The wingspan is about 12 mm (0.47 in). The forewings are whitish, densely irrorated (speckled) with dark fuscous and with indistinct blackish spots along the costa, alternating with smaller pale reddish-ochreous spots, and edged beneath with irregular ferruginous spots. There are elongate blackish spots in the disc before and beyond the middle, separated by a pale reddish-ochreous spot. There is also a blackish streak along the fold, interrupted by a pale reddish-ochreous spot in the middle and there is some undefined pale reddish-ochreous suffusion towards the apex. The hindwings are fuscous, with an irregular transparent basal patch.[2]

References

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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]): 368. Retrieved 3 July 2020 – via Biodiversity Library. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.