title: Kiwaia
text: # Kiwaia
  
  Kiwaia is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae. 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.
  
  ## 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)]
  
  Subgenus Empista
  
  * Kiwaia kostjuki Povolný, 2001
  * Kiwaia kumatai (Povolný, 1976)
  * Kiwaia palaearctica (Povolný, 1968)
  * Kiwaia spinosa (Povolný, 1976)
  