Kiwaia brontophora

Kiwaia brontophora is a species of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1885.[1][2] It is found in New Zealand.[3]

Kiwaia brontophora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Kiwaia
Species:
K. brontophora
Binomial name
Kiwaia brontophora
(Meyrick, 1885)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia brontophora Meyrick, 1885

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are whitish-ochreous, thinly irrorated with brownish-ochreous and with a dense black irroration covering the costal half of the wing to the fold from the base to the middle, except for an oblique irregular bar at one-fourth, posteriorly suffusedly attenuated to the costa at three-fourths. There are five irregular black discal spots, the first in the middle, the second obliquely before the first on the fold, confluent with the costal irroration, the third below the first, connected with it by a cloudy black irroration, the fourth larger, in the disc at two-thirds and the fifth beyond the fourth. The hindwings are whitish-grey.[4]

References
  1. "Kiwaia brontophora (Meyrick, 1885)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
  2. Meyrick, Edward (1885). "Descriptions of New Zealand Micro-Lelidoptera. Gelechiadae VIII. Tineina (part)". New Zealand Journal of Science. 2: 589–592 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. "Kiwaia".
  4. "Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 1885 [electronic resource]".


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