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