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Ardozyga eumela

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Ardozyga eumela
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Ardozyga
Species:
A. eumela
Binomial name
Ardozyga eumela
(Lower, 1897)
Synonyms
  • Cleodora eumela Lower, 1897
  • Protolechia eumela

Ardozyga eumela is a species of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1897. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Tasmania, Victoria and South Australia.[1]

The wingspan is 13–16 mm (0.51–0.63 in). The forewings are whitish fuscous, irregularly sprinkled with fuscous and dark fuscous and with about six small blackish spots on the costa, and one on the dorsum at one-fourth. There is an irregular fuscous blackish-edged blotch in the disc at one-third and a blackish dot above the middle of the disc, as well as a transverse blackish mark in the disc at two-thirds. A series of indistinct dark spots is found before the termen. The hindwings are grey.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku (31 May 2014). "Ardozyga eumela (Lower, 1897)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 9 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]): 382 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.