Wockia

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.

Wockia
Wockia mexicana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Urodidae
Genus:
Wockia

Heinemann, 1870
Synonyms
  • Patula Bruand, 1851
  • Wockea Reutti 1898
  • Wockeia Spuler 1910

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
  1. 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.
  2. 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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