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Kiwaia lithodes

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Kiwaia

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

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are grey, finely irrorated 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.

References

Kiwaia lithodes Wikipedia