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Ardozyga banausodes

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

Ardozyga banausodes 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 Queensland.[1]

The wingspan is about 15 mm (0.59 in). The forewings are light fuscous, sprinkled with dark fuscous with the stigmata cloudy, dark fuscous, the plical beneath the first discal, an additional dot beneath and sometimes sub-confluent with the second discal. There is a series of indistinct dark fuscous dots along the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are grey.[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]): 384. Retrieved 17 June 2020 – via Biodiversity Library. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.