Ardozyga deltodes

Ardozyga deltodes is a species of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Lower in 1896. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Victoria and New South Wales.^[1]

The wingspan is 15-19 mm. The forewings are pale ashy-grey, densely irrorated (speckled) with dark fuscous, with bronzy-purplish reflections. In males, there is a small ochreous-white basal spot, while there is a pale ochreous basal dot in females. There are ochreous-white dots on the costa near the base, and at one-fourth of the dorsum, more ochreous in females. The stigmata are blackish-fuscous, the plical obliquely beyond the first discal, both these followed by ochreous-whitish dots. There is also an ochreous-whitish dot on the middle of the costa and an ochreous-yellow blotch from the tornus reaching nearly across wing, the anterior edge convex and margined with an ochreous-white streak separated by some metallic scales, the posterior edge straight. An angulated series of ochreous-whitish dots is found beneath the posterior portion of the costa and along the termen. The hindwings are grey.^[2]

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