Eucosma
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Eucosma is a very large genus of moths belonging to the family Tortricidae. The genus has a Holarctic and Indomalayan distribution (Some Afrotropical species originally described in this genus have since been reassigned to other genera [1]). Even in well-studied Europe and North America, new species are still regularly discovered (Nomina Insecta Nearctica lists 150 Nearctic species and Fauna Europaea lists 53 European species).
These are small moths in a wide variety of colours, sometimes plain, sometimes with bold patterning.
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