Ardozyga pelogramma
Species of moth naive to Victoria, Australia
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Ardozyga pelogramma is a species of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1904. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded in Victoria.[1]
| Ardozyga pelogramma | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Ardozyga |
| Species: | A. pelogramma |
| Binomial name | |
| Ardozyga pelogramma (Meyrick, 1904) | |
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It has a wingspan of 16–19 mm (0.63–0.75 in). The forewings are whitish-gray densely covered in small dark gray-brown spots and with a moderate irregular pale reddish-ochreous longitudinal streak above the middle from the base to near the apex, irregularly streaked with white, the upper edge ill-defined, with three anteriorly oblique wedge-shaped projections almost reaching the costal edge on the anterior half, the lower edge well-defined, at first straight, then with two semi-oval indentations representing the large discal stigmata, and an irregular indentation between them. There is an elongate whitish dot on the fold about the middle, and a short pale ochreous dash towards the tornus. The hindwings are grey, darker posteriorly, near the base paler and thinly scaled.[2]
