''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'').
Moth Photographers Group
/ref> The genus has a Holarctic and Indomalayan distribution (some Afrotropical
The Afrotropical realm is one of Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Africa south of the Sahara Desert, the majority of the Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, southern Iran and extreme southwestern Pakistan, and the island ...
species originally described in this genus have since been reassigned to other gener
). Even in well-studied Europe and North America, new species are still regularly discovered
Nomina Insecta Nearctica
lists 150 Nearctic species an
Fauna Europaea
lists 53 European species). There are at least 670 described species in ''Eucosma'' worldwide.[
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These are small moths in a wide variety of colours, sometimes plain, sometimes with bold patterning.
See also
* List of ''Eucosma'' species
References
External links
Tortricidae.com
*
Eucosmini
Tortricidae genera
Taxa named by Jacob Hübner
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