''Tawhitia'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s of the family
Crambidae
Crambidae comprises the grass moth family of lepidopterans. They are variable in appearance, with the nominal subfamily Crambinae (grass moths) taking up closely folded postures on grass stems where they are inconspicuous, while other subfamilies ...
.
This genus was first described by Alfred Philpott in 1931.
Species
Species in this genus include:
*''
Tawhitia glaucophanes''
(Meyrick, 1907)
*''
Tawhitia pentadactylus''
(Zeller, 1863)
References
Crambinae
Crambidae genera
Taxa named by Alfred Philpott
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