Kiwaia Aerobatis
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''Kiwaia'' is a genus of
moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s in the family
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. Two subgenera are currently recognised, (i) the nominotypical subgenus with 25 species from
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, and (ii) subgenus ''Empista'' with 4 species from the Palaearctic Region.


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)">Kiwaia_quieta.html" ;"title="''Kiwaia quieta">''Kiwaia quieta'' (Philpott, 1927) Subgenus ''Empista'' * ''Kiwaia kostjuki'' Povolný, 2001Povolný, D. 2001: Eighteen new species and additional records of the Palaearctic Gnorimoschemini (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). ''Reichenbachia'', 34(1): 181-206. * '' Kiwaia kumatai'' (Povolný, 1976) * '' Kiwaia palaearctica'' (Povolný, 1968) * '' Kiwaia spinosa'' (Povolný, 1976)


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Critter of the Week: Kiwaia moth
on RNZ, 15 December 2023 Gnorimoschemini Gelechiidae genera {{Gnorimoschemini-stub