| Eulogia ochrifrontella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Subfamily: | Phycitinae |
| Genus: | Eulogia Heinrich, 1956 |
| Species: | E. ochrifrontella |
| Binomial name | |
| Eulogia ochrifrontella (Zeller, 1875) | |
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Eulogia is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Carl Heinrich in 1956. Its only species is Eulogia ochrifrontella, the broad-banded eulogia moth, described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1875. [1] It is found in most of North America, including British Columbia, Florida, Illinois, Maine, Manitoba, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia and Washington. [2]
The wingspan is 11–15 mm. Adults are on wing in June and July.
The larvae feed on Carya illinoinensis , Quercus and Malus species and possibly Amelanchier alnifolia . [3]