''Crocidosema'' is a
genus
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of
tortrix moths (
family
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Tortricidae) belonging to the
tribe
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Eucosmini of
subfamily
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Olethreutinae
Olethreutinae is a subfamily of moths in the family Tortricidae.
Genera ''incertae sedis''
This tortricine genus
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. They are found mostly in the
Southern Hemisphere, being especially common in the
Neotropics. But some occur elsewhere, such as on the
Hawaiian Islands
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.
[Baixeras ''et al.'' (2010ab)]
At least some of them can be recognized by their wing veins. In the hindwings, vein 3 and 4 originate from a common stalk, and are approached by the fifth vein at its end. In the forewings, veins 4-6 converge at the termen.
These moths are mostly small and inconspicuous. But ''
C. plebejana'' is an occasional
pest
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of
cotton
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(and some other mostly
malvaceous plants) and has become widely distributed by trade in agricultural produce, while the
lantana flower-cluster moth (''C. lantana'') is employed in ''
Lantana''
biocontrol and has been deliberately introduced to some locations.
Species
As of 2010, the 29 described
species
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of ''Crocidosema'' are:
[Baixeras ''et al.'' (2010b)]
* ''
Crocidosema accessa''
(Heinrich, 1931)
* ''
Crocidosema apicinota''
(Turner, 1946)
* ''
Crocidosema aporema''
(Walsingham, 1914)
* ''
Crocidosema callida''
Meyrick, 1917
* ''
Crocidosema calvifrons''
(Walsingham, 1891)
* ''
Crocidosema cecidogena''
(Kieffer, 1908)
* ''
Crocidosema compsoptila
''Crocidosema'' is a genus of tortrix moths (family Tortricidae) belonging to the tribe Eucosmini of subfamily Olethreutinae. They are found mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, being especially common in the Neotropics. But some occur elsewh ...
''
Meyrick, 1936
* ''
Crocidosema cosmoptila
''Crocidosema'' is a genus of tortrix moths (family Tortricidae) belonging to the tribe Eucosmini of subfamily Olethreutinae. They are found mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, being especially common in the Neotropics. But some occur elsewh ...
''
Meyrick, 1917
* ''
Crocidosema evidens
''Crocidosema'' is a genus of tortrix moths (family Tortricidae) belonging to the tribe Eucosmini of subfamily Olethreutinae. They are found mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, being especially common in the Neotropics. But some occur elsewh ...
''
(Meyrick, 1917)
* ''
Crocidosema impendens''
Meyrick, 1917
* ''
Crocidosema insulana''
Aurivillius, 1922
* ''
Crocidosema lantana''
Busck, 1910 – lantana flower-cluster moth, lantana tortricid moth
* ''
Crocidosema leprarum''
Walsingham in Sharp, 1907
* ''
Crocidosema leptozona''
(Meyrick, 1921)
* ''
Crocidosema longipalpana''
(Moschler, 1891)
* ''
Crocidosema nitsugai''
Vargas, 2019 [[Vargas HA (2019) A new species of Crocidosema Zeller (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae) from the Andes of northern Chile. Nota Lepidopterologica 42(2): 129-136. https://doi.org/10.3897/nl.42.38341 https://nl.pensoft.net/article/38341/]]
* ''Crocidosema marcidellum''
Walsingham in Sharp, 1907
* ''Crocidosema meridospila''
(Meyrick, 1922)
* ''Crocidosema orfilai''
Pastrana, 1964
* ''
Crocidosema perplexana''
(Fernald, 1901)
* ''
Crocidosema plebejana''
Zeller, 1847
* ''
Crocidosema pollutana''
(Zeller, 1877)
* ''
Crocidosema pristinana''
(Zeller, 1877)
* ''
Crocidosema pyrrhulana''
(Zeller, 1877)
* ''
Crocidosema roraria''
Meyrick, 1917
* ''
Crocidosema sediliata''
(Meyrick, 1912)
* ''
Crocidosema thematica''
(Meyrick, 1918)
* ''
Crocidosema unica''
(Heinrich, 1923)
* ''
Crocidosema venata''
Razowski & Wojtusiak, 2006
* ''
Crocidosema veternana''
(Zeller, 1877)
(incomplete list)
Footnotes
References
* (2010a)
Online World Catalogue of the Tortricidae&ndash
Genus ''Crocidosema'' account Version 2.0. Retrieved 2011-OCT-15.
* (2010b)
Online World Catalogue of the Tortricidae&ndash
''Crocidosema'' species list Version 2.0. Retrieved 2011-OCT-15.
* (1986): Pyralidae and Microlepidoptera of the Marquesas Archipelago. ''Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology'' 416: 1-485
PDF fulltext(214 MB!)
* (2004)
Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species&ndash
''Crocidosema'' Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2011-OCT-15.
Eucosmini
Tortricidae genera
Taxa named by Philipp Christoph Zeller
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