Kiwaia

Short description: Genus of moths

Kiwaia

Kiwaia monophragma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Gelechiidae
Subfamily:  | Gelechiinae
Tribe:  | Gnorimoschemini
Genus:  | Kiwaia
Philpott, 1930
Synonyms

* Empista Povolný, 1968
* Zeempista Povolný, 1974

Kiwaia is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae.[1] Two subgenera are currently recognised, (i) the nominotypical subgenus with 25 species from New Zealand, and (ii) subgenus Empista with 4 species from the Palaearctic Region.[2]

## Species

Subgenus Kiwaia

* Kiwaia aerobatis (Meyrick, 1924)
* Kiwaia brontophora (Meyrick, 1886)
* Kiwaia caerulea (Hudson, 1925)
* Kiwaia calaspidea (Clarke, 1934)
* Kiwaia cheradias (Meyrick, 1909)
* Kiwaia contraria (Philpott, 1930)
* Kiwaia dividua (Philpott, 1921)
* Kiwaia eurybathra (Meyrick, 1931)
* Kiwaia glaucoterma (Meyrick, 1911)
* Kiwaia heterospora (Meyrick, 1924)
* Kiwaia hippeis (Meyrick, 1901)
* Kiwaia jeanae Philpott, 1930
* Kiwaia lapillosa (Meyrick, 1924)
* Kiwaia lenis (Philpott, 1929)
* Kiwaia lithodes (Meyrick, 1886)
* Kiwaia matermea (Povolný, 1974)
* Kiwaia monophragma (Meyrick, 1886)
* Kiwaia neglecta (Philpott, 1924)
* Kiwaia parapleura (Meyrick, 1886)
* Kiwaia parvula (Philpott, 1930)
* Kiwaia pharetria (Meyrick, 1886)
* Kiwaia plemochoa (Meyrick, 1916)
* Kiwaia pumila (Philpott, 1928)
* Kiwaia schematica (Meyrick, 1886)
* Kiwaia thyraula (Meyrick, 1886) [=Kiwaia quieta (Philpott, 1927)[3]]

Subgenus Empista

* Kiwaia kostjuki Povolný, 2001[4]
* Kiwaia kumatai (Povolný, 1976)
* Kiwaia palaearctica (Povolný, 1968)
* Kiwaia spinosa (Povolný, 1976)

## References

1. ↑ funet.fi
2. ↑ Sattler, K. 1987: The systematic status of the genera Ilseopsis Povolný, 1965, and Empista Povolný, 1968 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae: Gnorimoschemini). Nota Lepidopterologica (n.f.), 10(4): 224-235. BHL
3. ↑ Dugdale, J.S. 1988: Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa. Fauna of New Zealand, (14) Extract and full issue (PDF) [See p. 83; 'New synonymy']
4. ↑ Povolný, D. 2001: Eighteen new species and additional records of the Palaearctic Gnorimoschemini (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Reichenbachia, 34(1): 181-206.

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