Biology:Williella
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| Genus: | Williella Horak, 1984
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Williella is a genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Tortricinae of the family Tortricidae.[1]
Details
The moth genus Williella, family Tortricidae, subfamily Tortricinae, was established in 1984 to accommodate two newly-described species from New Caledonia: Williella sauteri and Williella angulata.[2]
Williella was tentatively assigned to the base of the Archipini. Phylogenetic analysis of their plesiomorphic morphology suggested that Williella species are members of a group of isolated and generalized moths from Australia , New Zealand and South America.
The discovery of the genus in New Caledonia suggested that these plesiomorphic modern Tortricinae are isolated descendants of a group of very generalized Tortricinae that were distributed throughout the Gondwana supercontinent before it broke up into many of the main modern landmasses of the Southern Hemisphere.
Species
- Williella angulata Horak, 1984
- Williella picdupina Razowski, 2013
- Williella sauteri Horak, 1984
See also
References
- ↑ Baixeras, J.; Brown, J. W.. "Online World Catalogue of the Tortricidae". http://www.tortricidae.com/catalogue.asp. Retrieved January 20, 2009.
- ↑ Horak, Marianne. Williella - a new tortricine genus from New Caledonia indicating Gondwanan distribution for the family (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Insect Systematics & Evolution, Volume 15, Number 4, 1984, pp. 423-433(11). doi:10.1163/187631284X00244 Publisher: BRILL
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q8021938 entry
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