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Genus Eana

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Tortricoidea (Tortricid Moths)
Family Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
Subfamily Tortricinae
Tribe Cnephasiini
Genus Eana
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Eana Billberg, 1820
Explanation of Names
Generic epithet perhaps from Northern Sami Eana meaning "land, ground, or planet Earth." Sami is spoken in parts of Norway, Finland and Sweden, the latter from which Gustaf Billberg hails.
Identification
A diverse, mostly Palaearctic genus with several species in the Nearctic, some of which are cryptic species that may be undescribed.(1)
Print References
Billberg, G.J., 1820. Enumeratio insectorum in Museo, p.90.
Obratzsov, N.S., 1962. North American species of the genus Eana, with a general review of the genus, and descriptions of two new species. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 16(3): 175-192. (2)
Internet References
Gustaf Johan Billberg (1772–1844)
Works Cited
1.Immigrant Tortricidae: Holarctic versus Introduced Species in North America
Gilligan, T.M., J.W. Brown, J, Baixeras. 2020. Insects, 11(9), 594: 1-59.
2.North American species of the genus Eana, with a general review of the genus, and descriptions of two new species
Obratzsov, N.S. 1962. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 16(3): 175-192.
Contributed by Chris Mallory on 4 March, 2011 - 1:52pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy, Kyhl Austin, Blocky
Last updated 14 September, 2020 - 7:25pm

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