Ardozyga voluta (Meyrick, 1904) (formerly known as Protolechia voluta) GELECHIIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Dianne Clarke, Jerrabomberra, New South Wales)

The adult moths of this species have off-white forewings each with one partial and one complete dark brown transverse bar. The hindwings are pale brown. 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 Australia in

Victoria.

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Further reading :

Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera XVIII: Gelechiadae,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 29 (1904), pp. 341-342, No. 125.

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(written 24 January 2024)