1. Live pictures

1.1. Imago

2. Diagnosis

1-5: two ♂♂, data see label (coll. & photos: Egbert Friedrich)

1-3: ♀, data see label (coll. & photos: Egbert Friedrich)

2.1. Original description

1-2: Pagenstecher (1886: 153-154) [from copyright-free scans at www.biodiversitylibrary.org]

3. Further information

3.1. Other combinations

• Jodis wuka Pagenstecher, 1886 [original combination]

3.2. Synonyms

• Nemoria iosoma Meyrick, 1889 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Thalera graminea Hampson, 1891 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Hemithea pictifimbria Warren, 1896 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Hemithea tranquilla Prout, 1935 [synonym according to funet.fi]

3.3. Subspecies

• Hemithea wuka isabella Prout, 1917 [subspecies according to funet.fi]
• Hemithea wuka australis Prout, 1933 [subspecies according to funet.fi]
• Hemithea wuka vulcanensis Prout, 1933 [subspecies according to funet.fi]
• Hemithea wuka mapsaurica Prout, 1933 [subspecies according to funet.fi]

3.4. Literature

• Original description: Pagenstecher, A. (1886): Beiträge zur Lepidopteren-Fauna des malayischen Archipels. (III.) Heteroceren der Aru-Inseln, Kei-Inseln und von Südwest-Neu-Guinea. — Jahrbücher des Nassauischen Vereins für Naturkunde 39: 104-194, pl. X. Wiesbaden (Julius Niedner).