Niveas kone

Niveas kone
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Choreutidae
Genus: Niveas
Species: N. kone
Binomial name
Niveas kone
Rota, 2013

Niveas kone is a moth of the Choreutidae family. It is found in Papua New Guinea and on the Solomon Islands.

Larvae

The fore- and hindwings have a brown background colour, speckled with white-tipped scales in an irregular pattern. There is a distinct black band along the termen of both wings, within which are more or less equidistant white spots.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Ficus botryocarpa, Ficus nodosa, Ficus phaeosyce, Ficus pungens, Ficus variegata and Ficus wassa.

Etymology

The species is named after the Finnish Kone Foundation.[1]

References


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