''Niveas kone'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

of the family

Choreutidae Choreutidae, or metalmark moths, are a family of insects in the lepidopteran order whose relationships have been long disputed. It was placed previously in the superfamily Yponomeutoidea in family Glyphipterigidae and in superfamily Sesioide ...

. It is found in

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

and on the

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. 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 A tree in the Moraceae family, ''Ficus phaeosyce'' grows in eastern New Guinea, endemic to the nation of Papua Niugini. It is a shade tolerant understorey species, locally very abundant. A range of insect herbivores feed on the plant. Taxonomy ...

'', '' Ficus pungens'', '' Ficus variegata'' and ''

Ficus wassa ''Ficus wassa'' is a species of fig in the family Moraceae found in Malesia. References wassa The Wasa are Akan people who live predominantly in Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country i ...

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Etymology

The species is named after the Finnish Kone Foundation.A new genus of metalmark moths (Lepidoptera, Choreutidae) with Afrotropical and Australasian distribution
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References

Moths described in 2013 Choreutidae {{choreutidae-stub