Ardozyga eumela

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]

Ardozyga eumela
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A. eumela
Binomial name
Ardozyga eumela
(Lower, 1897)
Synonyms
  • Cleodora eumela Lower, 1897
  • Protolechia eumela

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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