Nivetica nervosa
species of moth endemic to New Zealand
Nivetica nervosa is a moth of the family Noctuidae, the sole species of the genus Nivetica. It is only found in New Zealand. This species can be found in wetland habitat in the alpine zone of the South Island. It is a small, distinctively patterned moth that is attracted to light. Currently much of its biology and life cycle is unknown. Adults are on the wing in January and February.
Taxonomy
This species was first described by George Vernon Hudson in 1922 from a specimen collected on Bold Peak, Lake Wakatipu by F. S. Oliver on the night of December 1910. Hudson originally named the species Icheutica nervosa. Hudson discussed and illustrated this species under that same name in his 1928 publication The butterflies and moths of New Zealand. In 1988 John S. Dugdale also discussed this species under the name Ichneutica nervosa.
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