Biology:Niveas

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Short description: Genus of moths

Niveas
Niveas agassizi.jpg
Niveas agassizi
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Choreutidae
Subfamily: Choreutinae
Genus: Niveas
Rota, 2013[1]

Niveas is a genus of moths in the family Choreutidae.

Distribution

The genus is known from Kenya, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.

Species

Etymology

The generic name is derived from Latin niveum (meaning snowy) and refers to the speckles of white-tipped scales on the wings of the type species.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q16947999 entry