Oreana unicolorella

Oreana unicolorella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Oreana[1]
Hulst, 1888
Species: O. unicolorella
Binomial name
Oreana unicolorella
Hulst, 1887
Synonyms
  • Dioryctria unicolorella Hulst, 1887
  • Myelois leucophaella Hulst, 1892

Oreana unicolorella is a species of snout moth, and the only species in the genus Oreana. It was described by Hulst in 1887, and is known from most of North America.[2]

The larvae feed on maple, birch, hawthorn, apple, oak, willow, basswood and elm.[3]

References

  1. "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  2. mothphotographersgroup
  3. Bug Guide


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