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Tortricidae
51a0763 – 2916   Eucosma formosana (Clemens, 1860)
             Beautiful Eucosma

© Tom Murray
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Synonymy: Ioplocama formosana Clemens, 1860
Grapholitha sagittana Walker, 1863
Grapholitha stercoreana Zeller, 1876
Taxonomic Notes: Eucosma formosana: Formerly placed in the genus Phaneta, Gilligan et al. (2013), Zootaxa, 3746(2): 301-337.
References
  • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.
  • Clemens, B., 1860. Contributions to American lepidopterology. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 12: 360.
  • Gilligan, T.M. & D.J. Wright, 2013. Revised world catalogue of Eucopina, Eucosma, Pelochrista, and Phaneta (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Eucosmini). Zootaxa, 3746(2): 301-337.
  • Gilligan, Wright & Gibson, 2008. Olethreutine Moths of the Midwestern United States: p. 91.105. (PDF)
  • Species Page at Block Island Moths
  • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
  • Species Page at Mass Moths
  • Wright, D.J. & T.M. Gilligan, 2015. Eucosma Hübner of the contiguous United States and Canada (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Eucosmini). The Moths of America north of Mexico, Fascicle 9.4: 1-256, order.
  • Zeller, P.C., 1875. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamericanischen Nachtfalter, besonders der Microlepidopteren. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 25: 207-360.
Eucosma formosana
© Anthony W. Thomas
Eucosma formosana
© Ken Lebo
Eucosma formosana
© Tom Murray
Eucosma formosana
© Tom Murray
Eucosma formosana
© Tom Murray
Eucosma formosana
© Tom Murray
Eucosma formosana
© Tom Murray
Eucosma formosana
© Jason Dombroskie
Eucosma formosana
19mm – © Jim Vargo

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