Eucosma is a very large genus of moth

Moth

A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...

s belonging to the family Tortricidae

Tortricidae

Tortricidae is a family of moths, commonly known as tortrix moths, in the order Lepidoptera. Tortricidae is a large family with over 9,400 species described, and is the sole member of the superfamily Tortricoidea. Many of these are economically important pests. Olethreutidae is a junior synonym...

. The genus has a Holarctic

Holarctic

The Holarctic ecozone refers to the habitats found throughout the northern continents of the world as a whole. This region is divided into the Palearctic, consisting of Northern Africa and all of Eurasia, with the exception of Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent, and the Nearctic,...

 and Indomalaya

Indomalaya

The Indomalaya ecozone is one of the eight ecozones that cover the planet's land surface. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia....

n distribution (Some Afrotropical species originally described in this genus have since been reassigned to other genera http://www.isez.pan.krakow.pl/journals/azc_i/pdf/47(3-4)/04.pdf). Even in well-studied Europe

Europe

Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

 and North America

North America

North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...

, new species are still regularly discovered (Nomina Insecta Nearctica lists 150 Nearctic

Nearctic

The Nearctic is one of the eight terrestrial ecozones dividing the Earth's land surface.The Nearctic ecozone covers most of North America, including Greenland and the highlands of Mexico...

 species and Fauna Europaea lists 53 European species).

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

Species

• Eucosma abacana (Erschoff, 1877)
• Eucosma abstemia Meyrick, 1932
• Eucosma adamantana (Guenee, 1845)
• Eucosma aeana McDunnough, 1942
• Eucosma aemulana (Schlger, 1848)
• Eucosma agassizi (Robinson, 1869)
• Eucosma agnatana (Christoph, 1872)
• Eucosma agricolana (Walsingham, 1879)
• Eucosma albarracina Hartig, 1941
• Eucosma albicosta Falkovitsh, 1964
• Eucosma albicostella (Turati & Krger, 1936)
• Eucosma albidulana (Herrich-Schffer, 1851)
• Eucosma albiguttana (Zeller, 1875)
• Eucosma albuneana (Zeller, 1847)
• Eucosma alphabetica Walsingham, 1914
• Eucosma amellana (Preissecker, 1930)
• Eucosma apocrypha Falkovitsh, 1964
• Eucosma aprilana (Grote, 1877)
• Eucosma argentifera Razowski, 1972
• Eucosma aspidana (Walsingham, 1884)
• Eucosma aspidiscana (Hubner, [1814-1817])
• Eucosma atascosana Blanchard, 1980
• Eucosma atomosana (Walsingham, 1879)
• Eucosma aurantiradix Kuznetzov, 1962
• Eucosma aurilineana Ferris, 2005
• Eucosma australis Kuznetzov, 1988
• Eucosma austrina Miller, 1985
• Eucosma avalona McDunnough, 1938
• Eucosma bactromorpha Diakonoff, 1992
• Eucosma balatonana (Osthelder, 1937)
• Eucosma barbara Miller, 1974
• Eucosma betana McDunnough, 1942
• Eucosma bilineana Kearfott, 1907
• Eucosma biplagata (Walsingham, 1895)
• Eucosma bipunctella (Walker, 1863)
• Eucosma biquadrana (Walsingham, 1879)
• Eucosma bobana Kearfott, 1907
• Eucosma bolanderana (Walsingham, 1879)
• Eucosma brachysticta Meyrick, in Caradja & Meyrick, 1935
• Eucosma brigittana (Kennel, 1919)
• Eucosma caliacrana (Caradja, 1931)
• Eucosma campoliliana
  Eucosma campoliliana
  Eucosma campoliliana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Europe.The wingspan is 13-18 mm. The moth flies from June to August. .The larvae mainly feed on Jacobaea vulgaris.-Notes:...
  
  ([Denis & Schiffermuller], 1775)
• Eucosma cana (Haworth, [1811])
• Eucosma canana (Walsingham, 1879)
• Eucosma canariana Kearfott, 1907
• Eucosma caniceps (Walsingham, 1884)
• Eucosma capnoleuca Meyrick, 1932
• Eucosma cataclystiana (Walker, 1863)
• Eucosma catharaspis (Meyrick, 1922)
• Eucosma catoptrana (Rebel, 1903)
• Eucosma certana Kuznetzov, 1967
• Eucosma chlorobathra Meyrick, 1911
• Eucosma chrysyphis Razowski, 1972
• Eucosma circulana (Hubner, 1823)
• Eucosma clarescens Kuznetzov, 1964
• Eucosma coagulana (Kennel, 1901)
• Eucosma cocana
  Eucosma cocana
  The Shortleaf Pinecone Borer Moth is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in south-eastern North America and along the eastern Seaboard.The wingspan is 18-22 mm. Adults are tan to reddish brown with grey shading....
  
  Kearfott, 1907
• Eucosma comatulana (Zeller, 1876)
• Eucosma conformana (Mann, 1872)
• Eucosma confunda Kuznetzov, 1966
• Eucosma coniogramma Clarke, 1976
• Eucosma consobrinana Heinrich, 1923
• Eucosma consociana Heinrich, 1923
• Eucosma conspiciendana Heinrich, 1923
• Eucosma conterminana
  Eucosma conterminana
  The Lettuce Tortricid is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in Europe, from the Baltic region to the Caucasus, in the Trans-Caucasus, Kazakhstan, Asia Minor, from central Asia to southern Siberia and in China and Mongolia....
  
  (Guenee, 1845)
• Eucosma corosana (Walsingham, 1884)
• Eucosma costastrigulana Kearfott, 1907
• Eucosma crambitana (Walsingham, 1879)
• Eucosma cretaceana (Kennel, 1899)
• Eucosma crymalana Powell, 1968
• Eucosma culmana (Muller-Rutz, 1932)
• Eucosma cumulana (Guenee, 1845)
• Eucosma dapsilis Heinrich, 1929
• Eucosma denigratana (Kennel, 1901)
• Eucosma denverana Kearfott, 1907
• Eucosma derelicta Heinrich, 1929
• Eucosma diabolana Blanchard, 1980
• Eucosma diakonoffi Gibeaux, 1984
• Eucosma dilatana (Walsingham, 1895)
• Eucosma directa Meyrick, 1912
• Eucosma discernata Kuznetzov, 1966
• Eucosma disjectana (Kennel, 1921)
• Eucosma dodana Kearfott, 1907
• Eucosma doiinthanonensis Kawabe, 1989
• Eucosma dorsisignatana (Clemens, 1860)
• Eucosma eburata Heinrich, 1929
• Eucosma ephedrana (Christoph, 1877)
• Eucosma esmodes Meyrick, 1937
• Eucosma excerptionana Heinrich, 1923
• Eucosma exclusoriana Heinrich, 1923
• Eucosma excusabilis Heinrich, 1923
• Eucosma explicatana (Kennel, 1900)
• Eucosma fandana Kearfott, 1907
• Eucosma fernaldana (Grote, 1880)
• Eucosma fervidana (Zeller, 1847)
• Eucosma fiskeana Kearfott, 1905
• Eucosma flavispecula
  Eucosma flavispecula
  Eucosma flavispecula is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in China , Mongolia, Russia, Kazakhstan and Europe, where it is found in Finland, from Germany to Italy and in Hungary, Romania and Ukraine.The wingspan is 14-18 mm...
  
  Kuznetzov, 1964
• Eucosma floridana Kearfott, 1907
• Eucosma fofana Kearfott, 1907
• Eucosma franclemonti Powell, 1968
• Eucosma fraudabilis Heinrich, 1923
• Eucosma fraudulentana (Kennel, 1901)
• Eucosma fritillana Blanchard & Knudson, 1982
• Eucosma fulminana (Walsingham, 1879)
• Eucosma fulvana (Stephens, 1834)
• Eucosma fuscana Kearfott, 1907
• Eucosma fuscida Kuznetzov, 1966
• Eucosma galenapunctana Kearfott, 1905
• Eucosma gandana Kearfott, 1907
• Eucosma getonia Razowski, 1972
• Eucosma giarabubensis Turati, 1930
• Eucosma giganteana (Riley, 1881)
• Eucosma gilletteana Dyar, 1903
• Eucosma glebana (Snellen, 1883)
• Eucosma glomerana (Walsingham, 1879)
• Eucosma gloriola
  Eucosma gloriola
  The Eastern Pine Shoot Borer is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found from eastern Canada, south to Virginia, and west to Minnesota...
  
  Heinrich, 1931
• Eucosma gomonana Kearfott, 1907
• Eucosma gonzalezalvarezi Agenjo, 1970
• Eucosma gorodkovi Kuznetzov, 1979
• Eucosma graciliana Kearfott, 1905
• Eucosma gradensis (Galvagni, 1909)
• Eucosma graduatana (Walsingham, 1879)
• Eucosma grandiflavana (Walsingham, 1879)
• Eucosma graziella Blanchard, 1968
• Eucosma griselda Blanchard & Knudson, 1982
• Eucosma guentheri (Tengstrom, 1869)
• Eucosma guttulana Blanchard, 1980
• Eucosma gypsatana (Kennel, 1921)
• Eucosma haberhaueri (Kennel, 1901)
• Eucosma handana Kearfott, 1907
• Eucosma hasseanthi Clarke, 1952
• Eucosma haydenae Wright, 2006
• Eucosma hazelana Klots, 1936
• Eucosma heathiana Kearfott, 1907
• Eucosma hebescana Kuznetzov, 1986
• Eucosma heinrichi McDunnough, 1925
• Eucosma hennei Clarke, 1947
• Eucosma hohana Kearfott, 1907
• Eucosma hohenwartiana ([Denis & Schiffermuller], 1775)
• Eucosma hyponomeutana (Walsingham, 1895)
• Eucosma ignotana (Caradja, 1916)
• Eucosma immaculana Kearfott, 1907
• Eucosma incinerana (Constant, 1888)
• Eucosma individiosana (Kennel, 1901)
• Eucosma inquadrana (Walsingham, 1884)
• Eucosma intermediana (Kennel, 1900)
• Eucosma invicta (Walsingham, 1895)
• Eucosma iographa Diakonoff, 1968
• Eucosma irroratana (Walsingham, 1879)
• Eucosma jansei Diakonoff, 1956
• Eucosma jejunana McDunnough, 1942
• Eucosma jerusalemana (Amsel, 1935)
• Eucosma juncticiliana (Walsingham, 1879)
• Eucosma krygeri (Rebel, 1937)
• Eucosma kurdistana (Amsel, 1959)
• Eucosma lacteana (Treitschke, 1835)
• Eucosma landana Kearfott, 1907
• Eucosma langstoni Powell, 1963
• Eucosma larana (Walsingham, 1879)
• Eucosma lathami Forbes, 1937
• Eucosma laticurva Heinrich, 1929
• Eucosma lignana (Snellen, 1883)
• Eucosma lioplintha Meyrick, 1920
• Eucosma liturana (Walsingham, 1879)
• Eucosma lolana Kearfott, 1907
• Eucosma louisana McDunnough, 1944
• Eucosma luciana (Chrtien, 1908)
• Eucosma lugubrana (Treitschke, 1830)
• Eucosma luridana (Walsingham, 1879)
• Eucosma lyrana (Snellen, 1883)
• Eucosma maculatana (Walsingham, 1879)
• Eucosma magnana Kuznetzov, 1978
• Eucosma magnidicana Heinrich, 1923
• Eucosma matutina (Grote, 1873)
• Eucosma mediostriata (Walsingham, 1895)
• Eucosma messingiana (Fischer von Rslerstamm, 1837)
• Eucosma metagrapta Meyrick, 1932
• Eucosma metana (Kennel, 1919)
• Eucosma metzneriana (Treitschke, 1830)
• Eucosma micropterana (Turati, 1930)
• Eucosma microsignata Heinrich, 1929
• Eucosma mirificana (Peyerimhoff, 1877)
• Eucosma mobilensis Heinrich, 1923
• Eucosma momana Kearfott, 1907
• Eucosma monitorana
  Eucosma monitorana
  The Red Pinecone Borer Moth is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in North America, including Pennsylvania, Ontario, Wisconsin and Maryland.The wingspan is about 17 mm....
  
  Heinrich, 1920
• Eucosma monoensis Powell, 1968
• Eucosma monogrammana (Zeller, 1875)
• Eucosma monstratana (Rebel, 1906)
• Eucosma morrisoni (Walsingham, 1884)
• Eucosma muguraxana Kostyuk, 1975
• Eucosma muliebris Meyrick, 1922
• Eucosma nandana Kearfott, 1907
• Eucosma nitorana Kuznetzov, 1962
• Eucosma niveicaput (Walsingham, 1900)
• Eucosma nordini Wright, 2005
• Eucosma notanthes Meyrick, 1936
• Eucosma notialis Miller, 1985
• Eucosma nuntia Heinrich, 1929
• Eucosma obumbratana
  Eucosma obumbratana
  Eucosma obumbratana is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in Europe.The wingspan is 14-20 mm. Adults are on wing from July to August. There is one generation per year....
  
  (Lienig & Zeller, 1846)
• Eucosma ochricostana Razowski, 1972
• Eucosma oculatana (Kennel, 1900)
• Eucosma ommatoptera Falkovitsh, 1965
• Eucosma ophionana McDunnough, 1925
• Eucosma optimana Dyar, 1903
• Eucosma ottoniana (Kennel, 1919)
• Eucosma paetulana (Kennel, 1900)
• Eucosma palabundana Heinrich, 1923
• Eucosma pamirana Kuznetzov, 1972
• Eucosma pandana Kearfott, 1907
• Eucosma parvulana (Wilkinson, 1859)
• Eucosma pediasios Miller, 1985
• Eucosma pedisignata Diakonoff, 1948
• Eucosma perdricana (Walsingham, 1879)
• Eucosma pergratana (Rebel, 1914)
• Eucosma persiae Razowski, 1963
• Eucosma persolita Heinrich, 1929
• Eucosma phaecochyta Bradley, 1965
• Eucosma piperata Wright, 2005
• Eucosma plumbaginea Meyrick, 1932
• Eucosma ponderosa Powell, 1968
• Eucosma primulana (Walsingham, 1879)
• Eucosma pulveratana (Walsingham, 1879)
• Eucosma pupillana (Clerck, 1759)
• Eucosma quinquemaculana (Robinson, 1869)
• Eucosma ragonoti (Walsingham, 1895)
• Eucosma recentana (Zerny, 1933)
• Eucosma rescissoriana Heinrich, 1920
• Eucosma rhymogramma Meyrick, 1916
• Eucosma ridingsana (Robinson, 1869)
• Eucosma rigidana (Snellen, 1883)
• Eucosma rindgei Miller, 1985
• Eucosma robinsonana (Grote, 1872)
• Eucosma rosaocellana Knudson, 1986
• Eucosma russeola Heinrich, 1929
• Eucosma rusticana Kearfott, 1905
• Eucosma salaciana Blanchard & Knudson, 1982
• Eucosma sandiego Kearfott, 1908
• Eucosma saussureana
  Eucosma saussureana
  Eucosma saussureana is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is endemic to Fennoscandia.The wingspan is 18-20 mm. Adults are on wing from June to July.The larvae feed on Saussurea alpina.-External links:* *...
  
  (Benander, 1928)
• Eucosma scorzonerana (Benander, 1942)
• Eucosma scutiformis Meyrick, in Caradja, 1931
• Eucosma serapicana Heinrich, 1923
• Eucosma serpentana (Walsingham, 1895)
• Eucosma shastana (Walsingham, 1879)
• Eucosma sierrae Blanchard & Knudson, 1983
• Eucosma similiana (Clemens, 1860)
• Eucosma simplex McDunnough, 1925
• Eucosma siskiyouana (Kearfott, 1907)
• Eucosma smithiana (Walsingham, 1895)
• Eucosma snyderana Kearfott, 1907
• Eucosma sombreana Kearfott, 1905
• Eucosma sonomana
  Eucosma sonomana
  The Western Pineshoot Borer is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in western North America.The wingspan is 16-22 mm. Adults are on wing for two to three months during the spring. There is one generation per year....
  
  Kearfott, 1907
• Eucosma spaldingana Kearfott, 1907
• Eucosma sparsana (Rebel, 1935)
• Eucosma sperryana McDunnough, 1942
• Eucosma sphalerodes Meyrick, 1934
• Eucosma striatiradix Kuznetzov, 1964
• Eucosma striatulana (Walsingham, 1900)
• Eucosma suadana Heinrich, 1923
• Eucosma subflavana (Walsingham, 1879)
• Eucosma subinvicta Kearfott, 1907
• Eucosma sublucidana (Kennel, 1901)
• Eucosma suomiana
  Eucosma suomiana
  Eucosma suomiana is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found from Sweden, through Finland and the Baltic region to northern Russia.The wingspan is 10-17 mm.-External links:* * *...
  
  (Hoffmann, 1893)
• Eucosma sybillana (Kennel, 1919)
• Eucosma taosana Wright, 2005
• Eucosma tetraplana (Moschler, 1866)
• Eucosma tocullionana
  Eucosma tocullionana
  The White Pine Cone Borer is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found from Minnesota to Quebec, south in the Appalachian Mountains to northern Georgia....
  
  Heinrich, 1920
• Eucosma tonitrualis Meyrick, 1934
• Eucosma totana Kearfott, 1907
• Eucosma tripoliana (Barrett, 1880)
• Eucosma tundrana (Kennel, 1900)
• Eucosma urbana (Kennel, 1901)
• Eucosma urnigera Meyrick, 1937
• Eucosma ursulana (Kennel, 1919)
• Eucosma vagana McDunnough, 1925
• Eucosma victoriana (Kennel, 1919)
• Eucosma vulpecularis Meyrick, 1932
• Eucosma wandana Kearfott, 1907
• Eucosma watertonana McDunnough, 1925
• Eucosma williamsi Powell, 1963
• Eucosma wimmerana (Treitschke, 1835)
• Eucosma yasudai Nasu, 1982

External links

• tortricidae.com