Kiwaia Explained

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)

Notes and References

http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/gelechiidae/gelechiinae/kiwaia/ funet.fi
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
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']
Povolný, D. 2001: Eighteen new species and additional records of the Palaearctic Gnorimoschemini (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Reichenbachia, 34(1): 181-206.