Ardozyga eumela
| Ardozyga eumela | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Ardozyga |
| Species: | A. eumela |
| Binomial name | |
| Ardozyga eumela (Lower, 1897) | |
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Ardozyga eumela is a species of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by 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. 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]
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