Ardozyga ceramica is a species of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1904. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales.[1]

Ardozyga ceramica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Ardozyga
Species:
A. ceramica
Binomial name
Ardozyga ceramica
(Meyrick, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Protolechia ceramica Meyrick, 1904
  • Gelechia ceramica Lower, 1897

The wingspan is 13–14 mm (0.51–0.55 in). The forewings are pale rosy-ochreous irrorated (speckled) with ferruginous and with the veins partially obscurely indicated with fuscous and whitish irroration. The markings are undefined, formed of brown-reddish suffusion more or less irrorated or marked with black. There are three small oblique semi-oval spots on the anterior half of the costa and a series of short marks along the fold, as well as two longitudinal marks in the disc representing the stigmata. There is also a series of spots beneath the posterior half of the costa and along the termen. The hindwings are pale grey, becoming darker posteriorly.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku (ed.). "Ardozyga". FUNET. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  2. ^ Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 362. Retrieved 3 July 2020 – via Biodiversity Library.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.