Ardozyga telopis (Meyrick, 1904) (previously known as Protolechia telopis) GELECHIIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Cathy Powers, Brisbane Ranges, Victoria)

The adult moths have yellow forewings, each with two transverse dark purple-brown bands, and a dark purple-brown hind margin. The hindwings are pale brown with dark veins. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of Cathy Powers, Brisbane Ranges, Victoria)

The species has been found in

Victoria.

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

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Further reading :

Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera: XVIII: Gelechiadae,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 29, Part 2 (1904), pp. 338-339, No. 119.

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(written 31 December 2016, updated 17 October)