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Ardozyga mesochra
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Ardozyga
Species:	A. mesochra
Binomial name
Ardozyga mesochra (Lower, 1894)
Synonyms
Gelechia mesochra Lower, 1894 Protolechia mesochra

Ardozyga mesochra is a species of moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania.

The wingspan is 11–16 mm (0.43–0.63 in). The forewings are whitish-ochreous, faintly yellowish-tinged and with four or five fine oblique dark fuscous marks on the costa, usually very small, sometimes connected or absorbed into a moderate streak extending from near the base to five-sixths. There is a broad rather dark fuscous streak along the dorsum and termen to the apex, the upper edge irregular, more or less marked with blackish, variably prominent at one-third, two-thirds, and near the apex, and indented between these. The hindwings are grey, darker posteriorly.

References

1. Don Herbison-Evans & Stella Crossley (22 March 2008). "Ardozyga mesochra". uts.edu.au. Archived from the original on 15 August 2008. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
2. Savela, Markku (ed.). "Ardozyga". FUNET. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
3. Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II ): 365. Retrieved 3 July 2020 – via Biodiversity Library. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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