Ardozyga hemichlaena (Lower, 1897)
 (also known as Epibrontis hemichlaena)
CHELARIINAE,   GELECHIIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Ardozyga hemichlaena
(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, Aranda, Australian Capital Territory)

The adult moths of this species have fawn forewings, each with two dark patches on the hind margin and some dark arcs at the wingtip. The hindwings are pale brown, darkening toward the margins. The wingspan is about 1 cm.

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

The species has been found in

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

    Further reading :

    Oswald B. Lower,
    Descriptions of new Australian Lepidoptera,
    Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
    Volume 21 (1897), p. 55.

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    (written 3 April 2013, updated 29 March 2019, 4 May 2021)