The Cochylini are a
tribe
The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in part due to confli ...
of
tortrix moth
The Tortricidae are a family of moths, commonly known as tortrix moths or leafroller moths, in the order Lepidoptera. This large family has over 11,000 species described, and is the sole member of the superfamily Tortricoidea, although the genus ...
s. It used to be classified as the subfamily Cochylinae.
Diversity
The tribe contains about 1,000 described species in about 80 genera.
Distribution
Members of the tribe are present worldwide, but the greatest number of species occurs in the
Holarctic realm
The Holarctic realm is a biogeographic realm that comprises the majority of habitats found throughout the continents in the Northern Hemisphere. It corresponds to the floristic Boreal Kingdom. It includes both the Nearctic zoogeographical regio ...
and
Neotropical realm
The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone.
Definition
In biogeo ...
.
Biology
Larvae are mostly internal feeders in seeds, stalks and roots.
Cochylini Factsheet
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Taxonomy
Research by Regier et al. in 2012 provided fairly convincing evidence that Cochylini are a monophyletic lineage within a broader Euliini
The Euliini are a tribe of tortrix moths.
Distribution
Most Euliini (nearly 98%) are found in the Neotropics and a small number is found in the Nearctic. Only '' Eulia'' is found in the Old World, since it has a Holarctic
The Holarctic realm ...
. If this is accepted, Cochylini should be treated as subtribe Cochylina of Euliini.
Genera
Selected unplaced species
:'' Phalonia pimana'' Busck, 1907
:'' Phalonia yuccatana'' Busck, 1907
Former genera
:'' Carolella''
:''Platphalonidia
''Phalonidia'' is a genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Tortricinae of the family Tortricidae.
Distribution
''Phalonidia'' is found almost world-wide, except for the African and Australian regions. The genus is most diverse in the Neotropi ...
''
:''Rolandylis
''Cochylis'' is a genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Tortricinae of the family Tortricidae.
As a result of phylogenetic analysis, the species ''Cochylichroa arthuri, Cochylis arthuri'', ''Cochylichroa atricapitana, C. atricapitana'', ''Co ...
''
:''Thyraylia
''Cochylis'' is a genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Tortricinae of the family Tortricidae.
As a result of phylogenetic analysis, the species ''Cochylichroa arthuri, Cochylis arthuri'', ''Cochylichroa atricapitana, C. atricapitana'', ''Co ...
''
:'' Trachybyrsis''
References
* , 2010: Review of East African Cochylini (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae) with description of new species. ''Norwegian Journal of Entomology'' 57 (2): 81-108. Abstract
* 2009: Synopsis of the Cochylini (Tortricidae: Tortricinae: Cochylini) of Iran, with the description of a new species. ''Zootaxa'', 2245: 1-31
Abstract & excerpt
* , 2005: ''World catalogue of insects'' volume 5 ''Tortricidae''.
* , 2011: Diagnoses and remarks on genera of Tortricidae, 2: Cochylini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). ''Shilap Revista de Lepidopterologia'' 39 (156): 397-414.
* , 2008: ''Tortricidae'' from the mountains of Ecuador. Part III. Western Cordillera (Insecta: Lepidoptera). ''Genus'' 19 (3): 497-575. Full article
* , 2010: Systematic and faunistic data on Neotropical Cochylini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), with descriptions of new species: Part 4. ''Polish Journal of Entomology'' 79 (4):
* , 2010: Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) from Peru. ''Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia'' 53B (1-2): 73-159. . Full article
.
* 2010: An annotated catalogue of the types of Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) in the collection of the Royal Museum for Central Africa (Tervuren, Belgium) with descriptions of new genera and new species. ''Zootaxa'' 2469: 1-77. Abstract
Cochylini,
Moth tribes
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