Kiwaia lithodes

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

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

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.[2]

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