Cochylichroa Explained

Cochylichroa is a genus of tortricid moths in the family Tortricidae. They are found primarily in North America, although Cochylichroa atricapitana is a Palearctic species.

The genus Cochylichroa was redefined in 2019 to contain nine species related in phylogenetic analysis; most were previously placed in the genus Conchylis.

Species

These nine species belong to the genus Cochylichroa:

• Cochylichroa arthuri (Dang, 1984) – Arthur's sunflower moth
• Cochylichroa atricapitana
• Cochylichroa aurorana (Kearfott, 1907)
• Cochylichroa avita (Razowski, 1997),
• Cochylichroa foxcana (Kearfott, 1907),
• Cochylichroa hoffmanana (Kearfott, 1907) – Hoffman's cochlid
• Cochylichroa hospes (Walsingham, 1884) – banded sunflower moth
• Cochylichroa temerana (Busck, 1907)
• Cochylichroa viscana (Kearfott, 1907)