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Ardozyga flexilis

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Ardozyga flexilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Ardozyga
Species:
A. flexilis
Binomial name
Ardozyga flexilis
(Meyrick, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Protolechia flexilis Meyrick, 1904

Ardozyga flexilis 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 New South Wales.[1]

The wingspan is about 12 mm (0.47 in). The forewings are fuscous, irrorated (speckled) with dark fuscous and finely sprinkled with whitish. The stigmata are dark fuscous, the plical obliquely beyond the first discal and another similar dot beneath the second discal. The hindwings are pale grey.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku (ed.). "Ardozyga". FUNET. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  2. ^ Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 345. Retrieved 17 June 2020 – via Biodiversity Library. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.