Kiwaia hippeis
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Phylum: | Arthropoda
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| Class: | Insecta
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| Species: | K. hippeis
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| Binomial name | |
| Kiwaia hippeis (Meyrick, 1901)
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Kiwaia hippeis is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1901. It is found in New Zealand.[1]
The wingspan is 15–16 mm. The forewings are rather dark purplish bronzy fuscous with the stigmata darker, obscurely defined, the first discal obliquely beyond the plical and near the second. The hindwings are whitish grey.[2]
References[]
- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (6 May 2016). "Kiwaia hippeis (Meyrick, 1901)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
- ^ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1901: 573.
Categories:
- Kiwaia
- Moths described in 1901
- Endemic fauna of New Zealand
- Moths of New Zealand
- Taxa named by Edward Meyrick
- Gnorimoschemini stubs