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Kiwaia lithodes

Synonyms: Gelechia lithodes (heterotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

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.
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Prey / Diet

Raoulia australis[1]

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1New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Plant-SyNZ™ database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0