Ardozyga tegminata (Meyrick, 1916) (formerly known as Epimimastis tegminata) GELECHIIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA

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

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

The adult moths of this species have orangey-brown forewings with black markings, especially along the margins. The hindwings are pale brown with dark veins. The wingspan is about 1.1 cms.

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

The species has been reported in

Queensland.

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Further reading :

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

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(written 14 January 2013, updated 7 September 2024)