Wockia
| Wockia | |
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| Wockia mexicana | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Urodidae |
| Genus: | Wockia Heinemann, 1870 |
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Wockia is a genus of moths in the family Urodidae containing around 10 described species.[1] Individuals are small and relatively dull gray in color.
Larvae (caterpillars) are known to feed on plants in the family Salicaceae, with W. asperipunctella feeding on species of willows (Salix) and Populus , while W. chewbacca feeds on Casearia.[2]
Species
- Wockia asperipunctella (Bruand 1851) - Holarctic
- Wockia balikpapanella Kyrki, 1986 - Borneo
- Wockia chewbacca Adamski, 2009 - Mexico
- Wockia diabolica Sohn, 2013 - Jamaica
- Wockia koreana Sohn, 2008 - Korea
- Wockia magna Sohn, 2014 - Japan and Korea
- Wockia mexicana Adamski, 2009 - Mexico
- Wockia tetroidon Sohn, 2013 - Jamaica
- Wockia variata Sohn and Park, 2013 - Vietnam
References
- ↑ Sohn, Jae-Cheon (2014). "Morphology-Based Phylogeny and Biogeography of Wockia (Lepidoptera: Urodidae) with Description of a New Species from Japan and South Korea". Zoological Science 31 (4): 258–265. doi:10.2108/zs130199.
- ↑ Adamski, David; Boege, Karina; Landry, Jean-FranÇois; Sohn, Jae-Cheon (2009). "Two New Species of Wockia Heinemann (Lepidoptera: Urodidae) from Coastal Dry-Forests in Western México". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 111 (1): 166–182. doi:10.4289/0013-8797-111.1.166.
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