Ardozyga abruptella (Walker, 1864) (also known as Orthoptila abruptella) CHELARIINAE,   GELECHIIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, Aranda, Australian Capital Territory)

The adult moths of this species have brown forewings each with two large white patches.

(Photo: courtesy of Ken Harris, Bruthen, Victoria)

At rest, a tuft of scales is erected behind the thorax. The head is black and the thorax is white. The wingspan is about 1 cm.

(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in

South Australia.

showing undersides
(Photo: courtesy of >onald Hobern, Aranda, Australian Capital Territory)

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Further reading :

Francis Walker,
Tineites,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 30 (1864), p. 1032.

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(updated 22 March 2011, 2 December 2025)