Ardozyga mesochra explained

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]

The wingspan is . 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ardozyga mesochra . Don Herbison-Evans & Stella Crossley . uts.edu.au . 22 March 2008 . 13 February 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080815012924/http://linus.socs.uts.edu.au/~don/larvae/gele/mesochra.html . 15 August 2008 .
  2. Web site: Ardozyga . . 3 July 2020 . Savela . Markku.
  3. Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera . Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales . Meyrick . E. . 29 . part II [number 114] . 365 . 1904 . Biodiversity Library . 3 July 2020.