Ardozyga phloeodes (Meyrick, 1904)
 (formerly known as Protolechia phloeodes)
GELECHIIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Ardozyga phloeodes
(Photo: courtesy of Cath Busby, Aranda Bushland, Australian Capital Territory)

The adult moths of this species have stripey dark brown and white forewings, each with a particularly wide dark stripe from the middle of the wing to the margin. The hindwings are a shiny pale brown. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

Ardozyga phloeodes
(Photo: courtesy of the Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in Australia in

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

    Further reading :

    Edward Meyrick,
    Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera XVIII: Gelechiadae,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Volume 29 (1904), p. 355, No. 153.

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    (written 12 January 2021, updated 24 February 2021)