| Eana argentana (Clerck, 1759) |
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Scientific name: Eana argentana (Clerck, 1759) Common name: French name: Tordeuse argentée Order: Lepidoptera Suborder: Microlepidoptera Family: Tortricidae Subfamily: Tortricinae Wingspan: 20-26 mm. Biotope: Mountain meadows. Geographic area: Europe, western regions of North America. Flight time: June-August. Number of generations : 1 Caterpillar: Pinkish brown with a brown head, a black prothoracic shield with a pale front edge and a black spot on the upper side of the last segment. Host plant: Various Graminae. Caterpillars shelter inside a silken tube at the base of plants where they feed on roots. |
Eana argentana has uniform whitish to whitish grey fore wings. The hind wings are pale grey with a white fringe. There is a possible confusion with Udea rhododendronalis. Eana argentana generally lands with its wings held one over the other and, based on that, both sides are almost parallel. Udea rhododendronalis generally lands with its wings one beside the other. |
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I have photographed this tortrix moth in the mountains of Belledonne, France, at an altitude of about 1700 metres. |
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Eana argentana is a rather common moth over there. |
André Bon April 2017