Stone jumper
Kiwaia lithodes (Meyrick, 1885)
Status not recordedbutterflies and moths
The stone jumper (Kiwaia lithodes) 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 stone 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 stone 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 stone jumper is listed for 1 country.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Is the stone 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 stone jumper classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classInsecta
- orderLepidoptera
- familyGelechiidae
- genusKiwaia
- SpeciesKiwaia lithodes (Meyrick, 1885)
Synonyms Gelechia lithodes
Relatives of the stone jumper
Other species in the same genus Kiwaia.
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Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
Where does the stone jumper live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the stone jumper for 1 country: New Zealand. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
What kind of animal is the stone jumper?
The stone jumper (Kiwaia lithodes) 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.
- Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
Wikimedia Commons contributors. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org (each file credited to its author under its own licence). - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service). - Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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