Oreana unicolorella

Oreana unicolorella
Adult, mounted specimen
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Oreana

Hulst, 1888
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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.