Kiwaia
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| Kiwaia | |
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| Kiwaia monophragma | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ 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.
External links
[edit]- Critter of the Week: Kiwaia moth on RNZ, 15 December 2023