Ardozyga lithina

Ardozyga lithina
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Ardozyga
Species:	A. lithina
Binomial name
	Ardozyga lithina; (Lower, 1899)
Synonyms
	Gelechia lithina Lower, 1899; Protolechia lithina;

Ardozyga lithina is a species of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1899. 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 whitish, densely irrorated (speckled) with dark fuscous. The stigmata are large, dark fuscous, partially edged with white, the plical rather obliquely beyond the first discal, a similar spot between the first and second discal. There is a row of undefined white spots along the posterior half of the costa and termen. The hindwings are light grey, darker posteriorly.^[2]

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Dodonaea lobulata.

References

^ Savela, Markku (31 May 2014). "Ardozyga lithina (Lower, 1899)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
^ Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 349. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.20163 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Savela, Markku (31 May 2014). "Ardozyga lithina (Lower, 1899)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 9 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]): 349. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.20163 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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