Biology:Eucosma

Short description: Genus of tortrix moths

Eucosma
Eucosma campoliliana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Tribe:	Eucosmini
Genus:	Eucosma Hübner, 1823
Species
Many, see text
Synonyms
Affa Walker, 1863 Ascelodes T. B. Fletcher, 1929 Calosetia Stainton, 1859 Catoptria Guenee, 1845 Exentera Grote, 1877 Exenterella Grote, 1883 Palpocrinia Kennel, 1919 Pygolopha Lederer, 1859

thumb|Eucosma apacheana Eucosma is a very large genus of moths belonging to the family Tortricidae. Some taxonomies place a number of species in the genus Eucopina (e. g.: E. bobana, E. cocana, E. tocullionana). The genus has a Holarctic and Indomalayan distribution (some Afrotropical species originally described in this genus have since been reassigned to other genera [1] ). Even in well-studied Europe and North America, new species are still regularly discovered (Nomina Insecta Nearctica lists 150 Nearctic species and Fauna Europaea lists 53 European species). There are at least 670 described species in Eucosma worldwide.

These are small moths in a wide variety of colours, sometimes plain, sometimes with bold patterning.

See also

• List of Eucosma species

External links

• Tortricidae.com
• Boone, Mike (December 9, 2017). "Genus Eucosma". https://bugguide.net/node/view/23657. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3425920 entry