Ardozyga liota 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 Western 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. liota
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| Binomial name | |
| Ardozyga liota (Meyrick, 1904)
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The wingspan is about 12 mm (0.47 in). The forewings are light grey, densely and suffusedly irrorated (speckled) with white, and sprinkled with dark fuscous. The stigmata are moderate, blackish, with the plical obliquely beyond the first discal. There are some blackish dots along the posterior half of the costa. The hindwings are whitish-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]): 350. Retrieved 17 June 2020 – via Biodiversity Library.
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