Ardozyga crypsibatis 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 Tasmania, New South Wales and South Australia.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Ardozyga |
| Species: | A. crypsibatis
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| Binomial name | |
| Ardozyga crypsibatis (Meyrick, 1904)
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The wingspan is 12–14 mm (0.47–0.55 in). The forewings are light fuscous irrorated (speckled) with whitish scales pointed with dark fuscous. The stigmata are round, dark fuscous, the plical rather obliquely beyond the first discal, another similar dot below the second discal. There is a dark fuscous marginal line above the apex. The hindwings are pale grey.[2]
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku (ed.). "Ardozyga". FUNET. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
- ^ Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 344. Retrieved 17 June 2020 – via Biodiversity Library.
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