Ardozyga hilara (Turner, 1919) (formerly known as Protolechia hilara) 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 dark brown forewings each with a cream spot by the tornus. The hindwings are pale brown, darkening toward the wingtips. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

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

The species has been found in Australia in

Victoria.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
The Australian Gelechianae (Lepidoptera),
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
Volume 31 (1919), p. 135.

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(written 12 January 2017, updated 17 October 2018)