Ardozyga mesochra (Lower, 1894)
 (previously known as Gelechia mesochra)
GELECHIIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Ardozyga mesochra
(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

The adult moths have off-white forewings, each with a brown streak along the costa and a broader ragged one along the hind margin. The hindwings are off-white with dark veins. The head and thorax are white. The wingspan is about 1 cm.

Ardozyga mesochra
(Photo: courtesy of Brian Cartwright, Adelaide Hills, South Australia)

The species has been found in

  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales,
  • Australian Capital Territory,
  • Victoria,
  • Tasmania, and
  • South Australia.

    Further reading:

    Oswald B. Lower,
    New Australian Heterocera,
    Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
    Volume 18 (1894), p. 107.

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    (updated 12 January 2013, 28 December 2016)