Kiwaia

Kiwaia
Kiwaia monophragma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Subfamily:	Gelechiinae
Tribe:	Gnorimoschemini
Genus:	Kiwaia Philpott, 1930
Synonyms
EmpistaPovolný, 1968 ZeempistaPovolný, 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.

External links

• Critter of the Week: Kiwaia moth on RNZ, 15 December 2023