Eucosmocydia pharangodes (Meyrick, 1920)
FAMILY | Tortricidae |
SUBFAMILY | Olethreutinae |
GENUS | Eucosmocydia |
SPECIES | pharangodes |
AUTHOR | (Meyrick, 1920) |
ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Eucosma pharangodes, n. sp. |
TYPE LOCALITY | Kenya, British East Africa, Amboni River, 1800 m, i-ii.1912, leg. Ch. Alluaud & R. Jeannel. |
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, genitalia slide L. Aarvik 99032♂, MNHN (see Viette 1953a: 151). |
STATUS | Species |
COMMENT | Transferred to Eucosmocydia by D. J. L. Agassiz & L. Aarvik (2014: 395). |
PUBLICATION | Meyrick E. 1920a. Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale (1911-1912). Résultats Scientifiques. Insectes Lépidoptères II. Microlepidoptera. - — :33-120. |
PAGINATION | 58 |
Species pictures

Species Distribution
COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Ethiopia | Razowski J., Colacci M. & Trematerra P. 2019. Tortricidae from Ethiopia, 4 (Insecta: Lepidoptera). - Shilap, Revista de lepidopterología 47:1-23. | 13 | |
Kenya | Meyrick E. 1920a. Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale (1911-1912). Résultats Scientifiques. Insectes Lépidoptères II. Microlepidoptera. - — :33-120. | 58 | |
Zimbabwe | Agassiz D. J. L. & Aarvik L. 2014. New Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) from East Africa with an account of the tortricid fauna of acacia in the Kenyan Rift Valley. - Zootaxa 3861(4):369-397. | 395 |
Host Plants
FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Fabaceae | Acacia xanthophloea | Kenya | Agassiz D. J. L. & Aarvik L. 2014. New Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) from East Africa with an account of the tortricid fauna of acacia in the Kenyan Rift Valley. - Zootaxa 3861(4):369-397. | 371 |
Fabaceae | Acacia gerrardii | Kenya | Agassiz D. J. L. & Aarvik L. 2014. New Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) from East Africa with an account of the tortricid fauna of acacia in the Kenyan Rift Valley. - Zootaxa 3861(4):369-397. | 371 |