Eccopsis wahlbergiana
Eccopsis wahlbergiana | |
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Scientific classification | |
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 Tortricidae family. It is found throughout of subtropical Africa, from Sénégal to South Africa, including the islands of Comoros, Cape Verde and Madagascar.[1]
Known host plants of the larvae are Euphorbiaceae (Ricinus sp. and Ricinus communis).[2]
References
- Zeller 1852a. Lepidoptera Microptera, quae J. A. Wahlberg in Caffrorum terra collegit. - — :1–120.
- ↑ afromoths.net
- ↑ Aarvik 2004b. Revision of the subtribe Neopotamiae (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in Africa. - Norwegian Journal of Entomology 51:71–155.
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