Eccoptocera foetorivorans is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1881. It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui, Lanai and Hawaii.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Tortricidae |
Genus: | Eccoptocera |
Species: | E. foetorivorans
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Binomial name | |
Eccoptocera foetorivorans (Butler, 1881)
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The larvae have been recorded on Cheirodendron, Metrosideros, Psidium guajava and Sysygium sandwicensis. They feed amongst webbed-together leaves.
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- Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1978). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 9 Microlepidoptera. The University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7338.