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Ardozyga aclera

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Ardozyga

Ardozyga aclera 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 South Australia.

The wingspan is 11–13 mm. The forewings are whitish-fuscous, thinly sprinkled with fine blackish scales. The stigmata are blackish, the plical obliquely beyond the first discal, sometimes an additional dot beneath the second discal, and sometimes undefined blackish dots along the posterior half of the costa. The hindwings are grey-whitish.

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Ardozyga aclera Wikipedia