Ardozyga elpistis

Ardozyga elpistis 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]

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

The wingspan is about 15 mm (0.59 in). The forewings are fuscous, sprinkled with whitish and dark fuscous. The stigmata are rather indistinct, dark fuscous, the plical obliquely beyond the first discal. The hindwings are light grey.[2]

References
  1. funet.fi
  2. Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 349. Retrieved 18 June 2020 – via Biodiversity Library.


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