Ardozyga Hedana
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''Ardozyga hedana'' is a species of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by
Alfred Jefferis Turner Alfred Jefferis Turner (3 October 1861, in Canton – 29 December 1947, in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia) was a pediatrician and noted amateur entomologist. He was the son of missionary Frederick Storrs-Turner. He introduced the use of dip ...
in 1919. It is found in
Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
, where it has been recorded from southern Queensland. The wingspan is about . The forewings are whitish closely irrorated with purple-grey, the markings reddish-brown mixed with fuscous. There are three ill-defined fuscous spots on the basal third of the costa, the surrounding area suffused with reddish brown. A subdorsal spot is found at three-fourths, a discal spot slightly beyond it at two-thirds, and two terminal spots above and below the middle. The hindwings are whitish, becoming pale-grey towards the apex.Proc. R. Soc. Qd 31 (10)


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Ardozyga Moths described in 1919 Moths of Australia {{Ardozyga-stub