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Wockia

Wockia
Wockia mexicana holotype.jpg
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

Wockia is a genus of moths in the family Urodidae containing around 10 described species. 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.


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