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Kaitorete jumper

Kiwaia jeanae Philpott, 1930

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The kaitorete jumper (Kiwaia jeanae) is a species in the family Gelechiidae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: New Zealand.

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Quick facts about the kaitorete jumper

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the kaitorete jumper live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The kaitorete jumper is listed for 1 country.

New Zealand
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. New Zealand

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the kaitorete jumper endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the kaitorete jumper classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyGelechiidae
  6. genusKiwaia
  7. SpeciesKiwaia jeanae Philpott, 1930

Synonyms Kiwaia jeannae

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • Mat daisy jumperEnglish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the kaitorete jumper

Other species in the same genus Kiwaia.

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Common questions

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Where does the kaitorete jumper live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the kaitorete jumper for 1 country: New Zealand. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the kaitorete jumper?

The kaitorete jumper (Kiwaia jeanae) belongs to the family Gelechiidae in the order Lepidoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Kaitorete jumper (Kiwaia jeanae). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/kaitorete-jumper

MLA

“Kaitorete jumper (Kiwaia jeanae).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/kaitorete-jumper.

BibTeX
@misc{kaitorete_jumper_2026,
  title = {Kaitorete jumper (Kiwaia jeanae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/kaitorete-jumper},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}