Eccopsis praecedens

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]

Eccopsis praecedens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Tortricidae
Genus:
Eccopsis
Species:
E. praecedens
Binomial name
Eccopsis praecedens
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Eccopsis chromatica Diakonoff, 1983[4]
  • Cryptophlebia gaetani Guillermet, 2006[5]

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; Pl. 3, Fig. 21.
  2. Aarvik, Leif (2004). "Revision of the subtribe Neopotamiae (Lepidopera: Tortricidae) in Africa" (PDF). Norwegian Journal of Entomology. 51 (1): 78–80.
  3. 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". Short communications. African Entomology. 22 (3): 678. doi:10.4001/003.022.0321. hdl:10520/EJC160230.
  4. Diakonoff, Alexis (1983). "Tortricidae from the Comoro Islands (Lepidoptera)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. Nouvelle Série. 19 (1): 67–68; Pl. 8, Fig. 19–20.
  5. 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" (PDF). L'Entomologiste. 62 (3–4): 70–71.
  6. De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Eccopsis praecedens Walsingham, 1897". Afromoths. Retrieved November 15, 2017.
  7. Martiré, Dominique; Rochat, Jacques (2008). Les papillons de La Réunion et leurs chenilles. Mèze: Biotope. p. 313. ISBN 978-2-85653-621-6.

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