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]

References

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

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[Pyraloidea_db-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.