| Eucosma | |
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| Eucosma campoliliana | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Tribe: | Eucosmini |
| Genus: | Eucosma Hübner, 1823 |
| Species | |
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Eucosma is a very large genus ofmoths belonging to the familyTortricidae. Some taxonomies place a number of species in the genusEucopina (e. g.:E. bobana, E. cocana, E. tocullionana).[1] The genus has aHolarctic andIndomalayan distribution (someAfrotropical species originally described in this genus have since been reassigned to other genera[1]Archived 2011-07-26 at theWayback Machine). Even in well-studied Europe and North America, new species are still regularly discovered (Nomina Insecta Nearctica lists 150Nearctic species andFauna Europaea lists 53 European species). There are at least 670 described species inEucosma worldwide.[2][3]
These are small moths in a wide variety of colours, sometimes plain, sometimes with bold patterning.
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