Kiwaia caerulea
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Kiwaia |
| Species: | K. caerulea
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| Kiwaia caerulea (Hudson, 1925)
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Kiwaia caerulea is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by George Hudson in 1925. It is found in New Zealand.[1]
Taxonomy[edit]
This species was first described by George Hudson in 1925 and named Gelechia caerulea.[2] However, in 1928 Hudson, in his seminal work The butterflies and moths of New Zealand, discussed and illustrated this species and spelling the specific epithet caerulaea.[3] This species was placed in the genus Kiwaia in 1988 and in that publication the epithet caerulea was used.[4] However, in the 1988 catalogue of New Zealand Lepidoptera the epithet used was caerulaea.[5] This spelling continues to be used by New Zealand publications and databases such as the New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity and the New Zealand Organisms Register as well as organisations such as Te Papa, Auckland War Memorial Museum, the New Zealand Organisms Register and the New Zealand Arthropod collection.
References[edit]
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Kiwaia caerulea (Hudson, 1925)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
- ^ George Vernon Hudson (1925). "Descriptions of three new species of Lepidoptera from New Zealand". Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. 61: 221. ISSN 0013-8908. Wikidata Q110849196.
- ^ George Vernon Hudson (1928), The butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, p. 258, LCCN 88133764, OCLC 25449322, Wikidata Q58593286
- ^ 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.
- ^ John Stewart Dugdale (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. 14. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: 81. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.