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Phereoeca praecox

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Phereoeca praecox is a species in the family Tineidae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Sierra Leone.

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Quick facts about Phereoeca praecox

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does Phereoeca praecox live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

Phereoeca praecox is listed for 1 country.

Sierra Leone
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Sierra Leone

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Phereoeca praecox endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Phereoeca praecox classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyTineidae
  6. genusPhereoeca
  7. SpeciesPhereoeca praecox Gozmány & Vári, 1973

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Phereoeca praecox

Other species in the same genus Phereoeca.

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Common questions

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Where does Phereoeca praecox live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Phereoeca praecox for 1 country: Sierra Leone. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Phereoeca praecox?

Phereoeca praecox (Phereoeca praecox) belongs to the family Tineidae in the order Lepidoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Phereoeca praecox (Phereoeca praecox). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/phereoeca-praecox

MLA

“Phereoeca praecox (Phereoeca praecox).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/phereoeca-praecox.

BibTeX
@misc{phereoeca_praecox_2026,
  title = {Phereoeca praecox (Phereoeca praecox)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/phereoeca-praecox},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}