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Phereoeca praecox GOZMANY & VARI 1973

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Description

Phereoeca praecox GOZMÁNY & VÁRI, 1973

Wingspan: 12,0–13,0 mm (Fig. 3, 4, 6, 7).

In continental Africa this species had been recorded from Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and The Gambia (GOZMÁNY & VÁRI, 1973). More recently this species had been recorded from Australia (ROBINSON & NIELSEN, 1993) and California, USA (ARAKELIAN, 2010).

The adults collected in La Réunion have a wingspan of 12–13 mm (Fig. 3–4). Forewings are beige-brownish with 3 darker brownish markings. This species seems to be rarer than P. atomosella and only three female were bred from larvae.

Female genitalia: this species can be distinguished from other Phereoeca species by the triangular projections on the aphosyses (Fig. 7).

Specimen: 3 female, all ex-larvae: 11.vi.2015, 18.vi.2015 (gen.prep. RE-1895), 22.i.2016.

Notes

Published as part of Bippus, Maik, 2016, Praeacedes atomosella (WALKER, 1863) and Phereoeca praecox GOZMÁNY & VÁRI, 1973 - two case-bearing moths new to the Fauna of La Réunion (Lepidoptera: Tineidae), pp. 159-163 in Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 66 (2) on pages 160-161

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Event date
2016-01-22
Family
Tineidae
Genus
Phereoeca
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Lepidoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
GOZMANY & VARI
Species
praecox
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
2016-01-22
Taxonomic concept label
Phereoeca praecox GOZMANY, 1973 sec. Bippus, 2016

References

  • GOZMANY, L. A. & VARI, L. 1973: The Tineidae of the Ethiopian Region. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 18: I - VI: 1 - 238, 570 figs.
  • ROBINSON, G. S. & NIELSEN, E. S. 1993: Tineid Genera of Australia (Lepidoptera). - Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Canberra: CSIRO; 2: I - XVII, 1 - 344, 734 figs.
  • ARAKELIAN, G. 2010: Plaster bagworm (Phereoeca praecox). - Pest bulletin of Los Angeles County Department of Agricultural Commissioner. - DOI: 10.13140 / 2.1.4263.7122.