Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gelechiidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Kiwaia | |
Kiwaia hippeis is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1901. It is found in New Zealand.
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.
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