Oreana unicolorella

Oreana unicolorella
Adult, mounted specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Subfamily: Phycitinae
Genus: Oreana
Hulst, 1888
Species:
O. unicolorella
Binomial name
Oreana unicolorella
(Hulst, 1887)
Synonyms
  • Dioryctria unicolorella Hulst, 1887
  • Myelois leucophaella Hulst, 1892

Oreana is a monotypic snout moth genus described by George Duryea Hulst in 1887. Its only species, Oreana unicolorella, described by Hulst one year earlier, is known from most of North America.

The larvae feed on maple, birch, hawthorn, apple, oak, willow, basswood and elm.

References

  1. ↑ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved September 19, 2017.
  2. ↑ "800301.00 – 5767 – Oreana unicolorella – (Hulst, 1887)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
  3. ↑ McClarin, Jim (February 5, 2018). "Species Oreana unicolorella - Hodges#5767". BugGuide. Retrieved August 11, 2019.