Kiwaia hippeis

Kiwaia hippeis is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1901. It is endemic to New Zealand and has been collected in Christchurch. Adults of this species are on the wing in December and are attracted to light.

Kiwaia hippeis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Kiwaia
Species:
K. hippeis
Binomial name
Kiwaia hippeis
(Meyrick, 1901)[1]
Synonyms[2][1]
  • Gelechia hippeis Meyrick, 1901
  • Phthorimaha hippeis (Meyrick, 1901)

Taxonomy

This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1901 using two specimens collected by R. W. Fereday in Christchurch and named Gelechia hippeis.[3] George Hudson discussed and illustrated this species in 1928 in his book The butterflies and moths of New Zealand under the name Phthorimaha hippeis.[2] In January 1988 Klaus Sattler placed this species within the genus Kiwaia.[4] This placement was followed by J. S. Dugdale later in 1988.[1] The female lectotype specimen is held at the Canterbury Museum.[1]

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand and has been collected in Christchurch.[5][6]

Description

Meyrick originally described the species as follows:

♂♀ 15-16 m.m. Head ochreous-white. Palpi ochreous-white, basal joint and a subapical band of terminal joint dark fuscous. Antennae fuscous. Thorax dark purplish-fuscous. Abdomen light ochreous. Fore wings elongate-lanceolate, acutely pointed ; rather dark purplish-bronzy-fuscous ; stigmata darker, obscurely defined, first discal obliquely beyond plical and near second : cilia pale whitish-ochreous, towards base bronzy-tinged. Hindwings with veins 6 and 7 nearly parallel ; whitish-grey ; cilia pale whitish-ochreous.[3]

Behaviour

Adults of this species are on the wing in December and are attracted to light.[3]

References
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  1. John Stewart Dugdale (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. 14: 82. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
  2. George Vernon Hudson (1928), The butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington, p. 82, LCCN 88133764, OCLC 25449322, Wikidata Q58593286{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. Edward Meyrick (December 1901). "XVII. Descriptions of New Lepidoptera from New Zealand". Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London. 49 (4): 573–574. doi:10.1111/J.1365-2311.1901.TB01373.X. ISSN 0035-8894. Wikidata Q56158899.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. Klaus Sattler (1988). "The systematic status of the genera Ilseopsis Povolny, 1965, and Empista Povolny, 1968 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae: Gnorimoschemini)". Nota Lepidopterologica. 10: 233. ISSN 0342-7536. Wikidata Q110850050.
  5. "Kiwaia hippeis (Meyrick, 1901)". biotanz.landcareresearch.co.nz. 2015. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
  6. Savela, Markku, ed. (6 May 2016). "Kiwaia hippeis (Meyrick, 1901)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
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