Kiwaia plemochoa

Kiwaia plemochoa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Kiwaia
Species:	K. plemochoa
Binomial name
	Kiwaia plemochoa; (Meyrick, 1916)
Synonyms
	Phthorimaea plemochoa Meyrick, 1916;

Kiwaia plemochoa is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1916. It is found in New Zealand.^[1]

The wingspan is 11–12 mm for males and 8–9 mm for females. The forewings are lighter or darker bronzy ochreous, more or less tinged or suffused with grey and with a broad streak of whitish suffusion along the costa, becoming subcostal for more or less the distance beyond the middle. The plical and second discal stigmata are sometimes dark fuscous, sometimes obsolete. The hindwings are bluish grey.^[2]

References

^ Savela, Markku, ed. (6 May 2016). "Kiwaia plemochoa (Meyrick, 1916)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
^ Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 48: 415.

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[1] Savela, Markku, ed. (6 May 2016). "Kiwaia plemochoa (Meyrick, 1916)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 3 September 2020.

[2] Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 48: 415.

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