Eana osseana

Eana osseana
Eana osseana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Eana
Species:	E. osseana
Binomial name
Eana osseana (Scopoli, 1763)[1]
Synonyms
Phalaena osseana Scopoli, 1763 Cnephasia (Ablabia) osseana r. alpicola Ral, 1953 Cnephasia (Ablabia) osseana var. alpicolana Ral, 1953 Tinea angulella Thunberg & Wenner, 1794 Eana darvaza batangiana Razowski, 1965 Cnephasia biformana Hauder, 1913 Tortrix boreana Zetterstedt, 1839 Cnephasia (Ablabia) osseana r. borreoni Ral, 1953 Cnephasia cantiana Curtis, 1826 Nephodesme osseana darvaza Obraztsov, 1943 Ablabia osseana ab. impunctana Strand, 1901 Sciaphila niveosana Packard, 1866 Cnephasia pallida Muller-Rutz, 1920 Tortrix pratana Hubner, [1811-1813] Cnephasia (Ablabia) osseana r. ratana Ral, 1953 Cnephasia (Ablabia) ossesana f. pseudolongana Ral, 1953 Tortrix quadripunctana Haworth, [1811] Aphelia quadripunetata Wood & Westwood, 1852 Cnephasia (Ablabia) osseana f. solfatarana Ral, 1953 Tortrix steineriana var. stelviana Milliere, 1874

Eana osseana, common name dotted shade, is a moth of the family Tortricidae.

Description

Eana osseana has a wingspan reaching 16–23 millimetres (0.63–0.91 in). The basic coloration is pale brown, with a few obscure brown markings.Meyrick describes it - Forewings very elongate, costa almost straight, termen slightly sinuate brownish-ochreous, sometimes ferruginous-tinged, seldom whitish- ochreous; an irregular spot in disc before and another beyond middle, and a triangular apical patch fuscous, often indistinct or sometimes obsolete. Hindwings grey.[2]

Adults fly from June to August and they are attracted to light. The larvae live within a silken tube. They are polyphagous, feeding on many herbaceous plants, grasses and mosses.

Distribution and habitat

This species is widespread in most of Europe, in the East Palearctic realm and in the Nearctic realm. It prefers grassland, downland and moorland.

References

1. Baixeras, J.; Brown, J.W. & Gilligan, T.M. (2009a): Online World Catalogue of the Tortricidae – Genus Eana account.
2. Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description

• Scopoli, J. A. (1763): Entomologia Carniolica exhibens insecta Carnioliae indigena et distributa in ordines, genera, species, varietates. Methodo Linnaeana. 1-421. Vindobonae

External links

• Fauna Europaea
• UKMoths
• Suffolk moths Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
• Hantsmoths Archived 2017-05-10 at the Wayback Machine