Description of the Early Stages of Eccopsis galapagana Razowski & Landry (Tortricidae), a Defoliator of Prosopis juliflora (SW.) DC. (Fabaceae) in Colombia

Karen Reyes Gallego; James Montoya Lerma; Carolina Giraldo Echeverri; John W. Brown

doi:10.18473/lepi.v66i3.a6

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1 September 2012 Description of the Early Stages of Eccopsis galapagana Razowski & Landry (Tortricidae), a Defoliator of Prosopis juliflora (SW.) DC. (Fabaceae) in Colombia

Karen Reyes Gallego, James Montoya Lerma, Carolina Giraldo Echeverri, John W. Brown

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The J. of the Lepidopterists' Society, 66(3):156-164 (2012). https://doi.org/10.18473/lepi.v66i3.a6

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The biology and early stages of Eccopsis galapagana Razowski & Landry are described and illustrated for the first time; details of the adult behavior also are provided. Under outbreak conditions the species has become a serious pest in silvopastoral systems of algarrobo tree (Prosopis juliflora (Sw.) DC.; Fabaceae) in Colombia. Although African members of the genus Eccopsis feed on a variety of different host plant families (e.g., Fabaceae, Rhizophoraceae, Sterculiaceae, Anacardiaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Flagellariaceae, and Rutaceae), New World species of Eccopsis are recorded only from Fabaceae.

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Karen Reyes Gallego, James Montoya Lerma, Carolina Giraldo Echeverri, and John W. Brown "Description of the Early Stages of Eccopsis galapagana Razowski & Landry (Tortricidae), a Defoliator of Prosopis juliflora (SW.) DC. (Fabaceae) in Colombia," The Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 66(3), 156-164, (1 September 2012). https://doi.org/10.18473/lepi.v66i3.a6

Received: 11 June 2011; Accepted: 6 March 2012; Published: 1 September 2012

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