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Niveas

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Niveas
Niveas agassizi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

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

Species

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Etymology

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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.

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