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Kiwaia plemochoa

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Kiwaia

Kiwaia plemochoa is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1916. It is found in New Zealand.

The wingspan is 11–12 mm for males and 8–9 mm for females. The forewings are lighter or darker bronzy-ochreous, more or less tinged or suffused with grey and with a broad streak of whitish suffusion along the costa, becoming subcostal for more or less the distance beyond the middle. The plical and second discal stigmata are sometimes dark fuscous, sometimes obsolete. The hindwings are bluish-grey.

References

Kiwaia plemochoa Wikipedia