Williella
Introduction '''''Williella''''' is a genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Tortricinae of the family Tortricidae.
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''. ''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 *List of Tortricidae genera
References
External links * ''Tortricid.net''