Ardozyga loemias (Meyrick, 1904)
 (formerly known as Protolechia loemias)
GELECHIIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Ardozyga loemias
(Photo: courtesy of Matt Campbell, Morwell National Park, Victoria)

The adult moths have brown forewings each with a dark spot near the middle. The hindwings are pale brown. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

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

The species is found in Australia in

  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales,
  • Victoria, and
  • Tasmania.

    Further reading :

    Edward Meyrick,
    Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera XVIII: Gelechiadae,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Volume 29 (1904), pp. 383-384, No. 196.

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    (written 11 February 2017, updated 17 October 2018, 22 October 2020)