Empista Povolný 1968

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