Kiwaia thyraula: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Gelechiidae
- Genus
- Kiwaia
- Species
- Kiwaia thyraula
- Scientific Name
- Kiwaia thyraula
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Kiwaia thyraula
Kiwaia thyraula is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1885. It is endemic to New Zealand.
The wingspan is 9–11 mm. The forewings are whitish, irrorated with black. The markings are black and ill-defined. There is a small spot on the costa near the base, and a second obliquely beyond it on the fold. A rather oblique streak runs from the costa beyond one-fourth, reaching half across the wing. There are three small discal spots, the first in the middle, the second on the fold obliquely before the first and almost touching the apex of the transverse streak and the third in the disc beyond the middle. The hindwings are pale whitish-grey.
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Sibling Taxa
- Kiwaia aerobatis
- Kiwaia brontophora
- Kiwaia caerulaea
- Kiwaia caerulea
- Kiwaia calaspidea
- Kiwaia cheradias
- Kiwaia contraria
- Kiwaia dividua
- Kiwaia eurybathra
- Kiwaia glaucoterma
- Kiwaia heterospora
- Kiwaia hippeis
- Kiwaia jeanae
- Kiwaia kostjuki
- Kiwaia kumatai
- Kiwaia lapillosa
- Kiwaia lenis
- Kiwaia lithodes
- Kiwaia matermea
- Kiwaia monophragma
- Kiwaia neglecta
- Kiwaia palaearctica
- Kiwaia parapleura
- Kiwaia parvula
- Kiwaia pharetria
- Kiwaia plemochoa
- Kiwaia pumila
- Kiwaia schematica
- Kiwaia spinosa
- Kiwaia thyraula