Eana penziana

Eana penziana
Eana penziana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Section:	Cossina
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Eana
Species:	E. penziana
Binomial name
Eana penziana (Thunberg & Becklin, 1791)
Synonyms
Tortrix penziana Thunberg & Becklin, 1791 Eana penzeana (misspelling) Cnephasia (Nephodesme) penziana race alpestris Ral, 1953 Eana penziana f. amseli Razowski, 1959 Cnephasia bellana Curtis, 1826 Sciaphila penziana colquhounana Doubleday, 1850 Cnephasia colquhounana Barret, 1884 Nephodesme conspersana Hubner, [1825] 1816 Sciaphila diurneana Guenee, 1845 Eana penziana fiorana Razowski, 1959 Cnephasia (Nephodesme) penziana form ind. livonica Ral, 1953 Cnephasia pentziana Schawerda, 1929 Eana viridescens Razowski, 1959

Eana penziana, Pentz’s tortrix, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in most of Europe, east to the eastern part of the Palearctic ecozone. It is also found in the Near East.

The wingspan is 18–25 mm for males and 24–28 mm for females. Adults of subspecies bellana are on wing from June to July. Adults of subspecies colquhounana are on wing in May and again in August and September in two generations.

The larvae of subspecies bellana feed on Festuca ovina and the larvae of colquhounana feed on Plantago maritima and Armeria maritima. Other foodplants include Sempervivum, Euphrasia, Saxifraga, Lotus and Festuca ovina.

Subspecies

• Eana penziana penziana
• Eana penziana bellana
• Eana penziana colquhounana

External links

• UKmoths
• Fauna Europaea