Ardozyga argocentra 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 the state of Western Australia.[1]

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

The wingspan is about 11 mm (0.43 in). The forewings are fuscous, slightly purplish-tinged, irrorated (speckled) with dark fuscous and with the stigmata formed by white dots partially surrounded with dark fuscous, the plical larger, obliquely beyond the first discal. The posterior three-fifths of the costa is marked with a series of white dots. 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]): 350. Retrieved 17 June 2020 – via Biodiversity Library.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.