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Ardozyga molyntis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Ardozyga

Ardozyga molyntis 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 Victoria and South Australia.

The wingspan is 12–14 mm. The forewings are fuscous sprinkled with dark fuscous. The stigmata are dark fuscous, with the plical obliquely beyond the first discal, an additional dot beneath the second discal. There is an angulated series of dark fuscous dots beneath the posterior part of the costa and before the termen. The hindwings are fuscous.

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Ardozyga molyntis Wikipedia