Niveas

Niveas
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Choreutidae
Genus: Niveas
Rota, 2013[1]

Niveas is a genus of moths in the Choreutidae family.

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

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