A New Species of Wockia Heinemann, 1890 (Lepidoptera: Urodidae) from Korea

Authors

• Jae-Cheon Sohn, Department of Entomology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, U.S.AFollow
• David Adamski, Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 168, Washington, D.C., 20013- 7012, U.S.A.Follow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

2008

Comments

Published in PROC. ENTOMOL. SOC. WASH. 110(3), 2008, pp. 556–561.

Abstract

Wockia koreana Sohn, n. sp., is described from Korea, representing the first record of Urodidae in eastern Asia. Biological and distributional data including host-plant records are provided. Photographs of the holotype and dimorphic antennal and hind tibial features are included in addition to illustrations of wing venation and male and female genitalia.