Kiwaia parapleura

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Kiwaia parapleura
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Kiwaia
Species:
K. parapleura
Binomial name
Kiwaia parapleura
(Meyrick, 1886)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia parapleuraMeyrick, 1886

Kiwaia parapleura is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1886. It is found in New Zealand. [1]

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous with a broad pale whitish-ochreous streak along the inner margin from the base to the apex, occupying nearly half of the wing. There are three indistinct small black discal spots, sometimes obsolete, the first in the middle, the second on the lower margin of the dark fuscous portion very obliquely before the first and the third in the disc beyond middle. The hindwings are whitish grey. [2]

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References

  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (6 May 2016). "Kiwaia parapleura (Meyrick, 1886)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  2. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 18: 168–169. PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .