Ardozyga mesochra is a species of moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland,[1] New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania.[2]

Ardozyga mesochra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Ardozyga
Species:
A. mesochra
Binomial name
Ardozyga mesochra
(Lower, 1894)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia mesochra Lower, 1894
  • Protolechia mesochra

The wingspan is 11–16 mm (0.43–0.63 in). The forewings are whitish-ochreous, faintly yellowish-tinged and with four or five fine oblique dark fuscous marks on the costa, usually very small, sometimes connected or absorbed into a moderate streak extending from near the base to five-sixths. There is a broad rather dark fuscous streak along the dorsum and termen to the apex, the upper edge irregular, more or less marked with blackish, variably prominent at one-third, two-thirds, and near the apex, and indented between these. The hindwings are grey, darker posteriorly.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Don Herbison-Evans & Stella Crossley (22 March 2008). "Ardozyga mesochra". uts.edu.au. Archived from the original on 15 August 2008. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku (ed.). "Ardozyga". FUNET. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  3. ^ Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 365. Retrieved 3 July 2020 – via Biodiversity Library.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.