Ardozyga tridecta

Ardozyga tridecta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Ardozyga
Species:	A. tridecta
Binomial name
	Ardozyga tridecta; (Lower, 1900)
Synonyms
	Gelechia tridecta Lower, 1900; Protolechia tridecta;

Ardozyga tridecta is a species of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1900. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from South Australia.^[1]

The wingspan is about 18 mm (0.71 in). The forewings are fuscous whitish, irregularly sprinkled with fuscous and with a fuscous basal patch, the edge curved, dark fuscous, running from the costa near the base to the dorsum at one-fourth. There are five small dark fuscous spots on the costa and two triangular brown spots in the disc at one-third and two-thirds, representing the stigmata, blackish edged except beneath, the anterior rather larger. There is also an undefined fuscous suffusion towards the apex and upper part of the termen. The hindwings are grey.^[2]

References

^ Savela, Markku (31 May 2014). "Ardozyga tridecta (Lower, 1900)". 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]): 376 – 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 tridecta (Lower, 1900)". 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]): 376 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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