Ardozyga eumela (Lower, 1897)
 (formerly known as Cleodora eumela)
GELECHIIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Ardozyga eumela
(Photo: courtesy of Katarina Christenson, Melba, Australian Capital Territory)

The adult moths of this species have grey forewings each with a pattern of black markings. The hindwings are a shiny pale brown. The head is white with a black collar. The wingspan is about 1 cm.

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

The species has been found in Australia in

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

    Further reading :

    Oswald B. Lower,
    Descriptions of new Australian Lepidoptera,
    Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
    Volume 21 (1897), p. 59.

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    (written 19 April 2024)