Biology:Eccopsis praecedens

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Short description: Species of moth

Eccopsis praecedens
Eccopsis praecedens Walsingham, 1897.jpg
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E. praecedens
Binomial name
Eccopsis praecedens
Walsingham, 1897[1]
Synonyms[4][5]
  • Eccopsis chromatica Diakonoff, 1983[2]
  • Cryptophlebia gaetani Guillermet, 2006[3]

Eccopsis praecedens is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in western, central, eastern and southern Africa, including the islands of São Tomé, Cape Verde, Madagascar and Réunion.[6]

Larvae of this species had been stated on Cassia fistula (Fabaceae).[7]

References

  1. Walsingham, [Thomas de Grey] (1897). "Western Equatorial African Micro-Lepidoptera". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1897 (1): 56–57. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1897.tb01674.x. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14682957; Pl. 3, Fig. 21. 
  2. Diakonoff, Alexis (1983). "Tortricidae from the Comoro Islands (Lepidoptera)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. Nouvelle Série 19 (1): 67–68. http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6127895d/f76.image; Pl. 8, Fig. 19–20. 
  3. Guillermet, Christian (2006). "Contribution à l’étude des Hétérocères de l’île de La Réunion Description de nouvelles espèces de Tortricidae Olethreutinae Cryptophlebia colasi, C. destrumeli et C. gaetani et sept Hétérocères de première citation". L'Entomologiste 62 (3-4): 70–71. https://lentomologiste.fr/wp-content/uploads/2006-62/lentomologiste_2006_62_3-4.pdf#page=8. 
  4. Aarvik, Leif (2004). "Revision of the subtribe Neopotamiae (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in Africa". Norwegian Journal of Entomology 51 (1): 78–80. http://www.entomologi.no/journals/nje/2004-1/NJE_51_01_2004.pdf#page=80. 
  5. Timm, A. E.; Brown, J. W. (2014). "Two new combinations in Thaumatotibia Zacher (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) from Réunion Island, with an updated list of the Afrotropical species". African Entomology 22 (3): 678. doi:10.4001/003.022.0321. 
  6. De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Eccopsis praecedens Walsingham, 1897". http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/ECCOPRAE. 
  7. Martiré, Dominique; Rochat, Jacques (2008). Les papillons de La Réunion et leurs chenilles. Mèze: Biotope. p. 313. ISBN 978-2-85653-621-6 

Further reading

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q13575124 entry