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Ardozyga liota

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Ardozyga

Ardozyga liota 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 Western Australia.

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are light grey, densely and suffusedly irrorated (speckled) with white, and sprinkled with dark fuscous. The stigmata are moderate, blackish, with the plical obliquely beyond the first discal. There are some blackish dots along the posterior half of the costa. The hindwings are whitish-grey.

References

Ardozyga liota Wikipedia