Kiwaia lithodes: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Gelechiidae
Genus
Kiwaia
Species
Kiwaia lithodes
Scientific Name
Kiwaia lithodes

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Kiwaia lithodes

Kiwaia lithodes is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1886. It is found in New Zealand.

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are grey, finely irrorated (sprinkled) with blue whitish. Three discal spots are obscurely darker, the first before the middle, the second on the fold rather before the first and the third in the disc beyond the middle. The hindwings are whitish grey.

The larvae of this species feed on Raoulia australis.

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