Ardozyga Thermoplaca
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''Ardozyga thermoplaca'' is a species of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by
Oswald Bertram Lower Oswald Bertram Lower (1863 in Adelaide, South Australia – 18 March 1925 in Wayville, South Australia) was an Australian chemist and pharmacist who is best known for his contributions to entomology, in particular butterflies and moths. His colle ...
in 1902. 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 Victoria. The wingspan is about . The forewings are grey irrorated (sprinkled) with dark fuscous and with an irregular transverse ochreous-yellow spot from the costa near the base. The stigmata are represented by small irregular white spots, the plical obliquely beyond the first discal, the second discal larger and partially including two dark dots, surrounded by some scattered whitish scales. There is a row of irregular white dots very near the margin, around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are light ochreous yellow, the basal fourth and a broad costal streak becoming obsolete towards the apex dark grey.''Exotic Microlepidoptera''. 1: 591.


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Ardozyga Moths described in 1902 Moths of Australia {{Ardozyga-stub