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.
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| Genus: | Wockia Heinemann, 1870
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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 the leaves of the Casearia', albeit it avoids the veins to prevent any indigestion.[2] The species in the Wockia genus do not have a long development time, which allows for multiple generations to occur. Specifically, the W. chewbacca takes typically two weeks to develop from egg to pupa and then another ten days in a cocoon to become an adult. [2]
Species edit
- 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 edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b 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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