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Niveas

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Choreutidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Niveas Rota, 2013

Niveas is a genus of moths in the Choreutidae family.

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Distribution

The genus is known from Kenya, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.

Species

  • Niveas agassizi Rota, 2013
  • Niveas kone Rota, 2013

    • Etymology

    The generic name is derived from Latin niveum (meaning snowy) and refers to the speckles of white-tipped scales on the wings of the type species.

    References

    Niveas Wikipedia
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