Ardozyga tetrasticta (Turner, 1919) (formerly known as Hemiarcha tetrasticta) GELECHIIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA

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

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

The adult moths of this species have pale brown forewings each with four vague black spots. The hindwings are pale brown. 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 reported in

Queensland.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
The Australian Gelechianae (Lepidoptera),
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
Volume 31 (1919), p. 133.

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(written 29 October 2014, updated 29 March 2019, 1 May 2021)