Eccopsis wahlbergiana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Tortricidae |
Genus: | Eccopsis |
Species: | E. wahlbergiana |
Binomial name | |
Eccopsis wahlbergiana Zeller, 1852 | |
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Eccopsis wahlbergiana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found throughout of subtropical Africa, from Sénégal to South Africa, including the islands of Comoros, Cape Verde and Madagascar.
Known host plants of the larvae are Euphorbiaceae (Ricinus sp. and Ricinus communis).
References
- Zeller 1852a. Lepidoptera Microptera, quae J. A. Wahlberg in Caffrorum terra collegit. - — :1–120.
- De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Eccopsis wahlbergiana Zeller, 1852". Afromoths. Retrieved November 15, 2017.
- Aarvik 2004b. Revision of the subtribe Neopotamiae (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in Africa. - Norwegian Journal of Entomology 51:71–155.
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