Ardozyga galactopa (Meyrick, 1916)
 (one synonym: Protolechia blacica Turner, 1919)
GELECHIIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

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

The adult moths have dark brown forewings, with a broad white subterminal band. The hindwings are white with dark veins. The head and thorax are white. The wingspan is about 1 cm.

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

The species has been found in

  • Western Australia,
  • Northern Territory, and
  • Queensland.

    Further reading :

    Edward Meyrick,
    Exotic Microlepidoptera,
    Volume 1, Part 19 (1916), p. 590.

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    (updated 12 January 2013, 4 May 2021)