Oreana unicolorella

Oreana unicolorella
Adult, mounted specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Pyralidae
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.[1][2]

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

  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.