Asterivora nivescens
Asterivora nivescens | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Choreutidae |
Genus: | Asterivora |
Species: | A. nivescens |
Binomial name | |
Asterivora nivescens (Philpott, 1926) | |
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Asterivora nivescens is a moth of the Choreutidae family. It is known from New Zealand.[1]
The wingspan is 16–17 mm. The head and palpi are brown densely sprinkled with white and the antennae are blackish annulated with white. The thorax is bronzy-brown, although the tegulae are spotted with white. The abdomen is bronzy-brown, but the segmental divisions are white. The legs are brown, densely sprinkled with white. The bronzy-brown forewings are moderate, the costa slightly arched, the apex rounded, the termen slightly rounded and a little oblique. The hindwings are fuscous.
References
- ↑ New Zealand Journal of Zoology. Retrieved 2011-12-19 – via Google Books.
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