Eana
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| Adult Eana incanana specimen | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Eana Billberg, 1820 |
| Type species | |
| Tortrix penziana Thunberg & Becklin, 1791 | |
| Diversity | |
| 36 species | |
| Synonyms | |
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Numerous, see text | |
Eana is a genus of tortrix moths (family Tortricidae). It belongs to the tribe Cnephasiini of subfamily Tortricinae.
Synonyms
Obsolete scientific names for this genus are:
- Ablabia Hübner, 1825
- Argyroptera Duponchel, 1834 (but see below)
- Eutrachia Hübner, 1822
- Nephodesma Stephens, 1834 (unjustified emendation)
- Nephodesme Hübner, 1825
- Subeana Obraztsov, 1963
The type species of Argyroptera (A. gouana) is not very well identifiable from its 1767 description (as Tortrix gouana) by Linnaeus. It was suspected to be a species of Aethes, but more probably is E. argentana. Hypostephanuncia is sometimes listed in the synonymy of Eana, but it is actually a junior synonym of Cnephasia (from which it was originally split).
Species
The 36 currently recognized species of Eana are:
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Appearance
They are small moths with wingspans varying by species, usually around 16mm to 28mm. Their forewings are chalk-white to pale grey and are narrow and rounded and occasionally have curved dark bands at the base. These features are also used for camouflage.