Prochoreutis sehestediana

Prochoreutis sehestediana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Choreutidae
Genus:	Prochoreutis
Species:	P. sehestediana
Binomial name
	Prochoreutis sehestediana; (Fabricius, 1776)
Synonyms
	Pyralis sehestediana Fabricius, 1777; Anthophila punctosa Haworth, 1811; Choreutis philonyma Meyrick, 1912; Choreutis phalaraspis Meyrick, 1923;

Prochoreutis sestediana, also knowns as the silver-dot metal-mark is a moth of the family Choreutidae found in Asia and Europe. It was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1776 from a specimen found in Kiel, Germany.^[2]

Destription[]

The wingspan is 9–12 mm and the forewings have silver dusting which expands over more than half of the forewing. The fore wings are rather wedge-shaped, with the tip obliquely truncate, brownish; the disc irrorated with minute coppery scales. The costa are dotted with white, the fringe is white, in front and behind dusky. The hind wings are ashy-brown, with an abbreviated whitish striga. There are two generations per year, adults are on wing in May and from July to August. They fly during the day.^[3]^[4]

The larvae initially mine the leaves of common skullcap (Scutellaria galericulata) and lesser skullcap (Scutellaria minor), later living in a silken web and feeding externally on the leaves.^[4]^[5]

Distribution[]

It is found in most of Europe, India, China (Ningxia, Shaanxi), Sri Lanka, Nepal, Russia (Primorskiy kray, Ural, Evropeyskaya chast’, Kavkaz), Japan (Hokkaido, Shikoku), Asia Minor, Zakavkazye, Syria and the Oriental region.^[6]

References[]

^ "Prochoreutis sehestediana (Fabricius, 1776)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
^ Pelham-Clinton, E C (1985). Heath, John; Emmet, A Maitland (eds.). Choreutidae. In The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 2. Colchester: Harley Books. p. 394. ISBN 0-946589-19-4.
^ Henry Noel Humphreys with John Obadiah Westwood British Moths and Their Transformations. London: William Smith, 1843-1845. 2 Volumes. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ ^a ^b Kimber, Ian. "Prochoreutis sehestediana (Fabricius, [1777])". UKmoths. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
^ Ellis, W N. "Prochoreutis sehestediana (Fabricius, 1775) silver-dot metal-mark". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
^ "Study on Chinese Acrolepiidae and Choreutidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera)" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2011-08-07. Retrieved 2011-12-19.

External links[]

This article on a moth of the family Choreutidae is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

[1] "Prochoreutis sehestediana (Fabricius, 1776)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 13 October 2020.

[2] Pelham-Clinton, E C (1985). Heath, John; Emmet, A Maitland (eds.). Choreutidae. In The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 2. Colchester: Harley Books. p. 394. ISBN 0-946589-19-4.

[3] Henry Noel Humphreys with John Obadiah Westwood British Moths and Their Transformations. London: William Smith, 1843-1845. 2 Volumes. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[ukm-4] Kimber, Ian. "Prochoreutis sehestediana (Fabricius, [1777])". UKmoths. Retrieved 13 October 2020.

[5] Ellis, W N. "Prochoreutis sehestediana (Fabricius, 1775) silver-dot metal-mark". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 13 October 2020.

[6] "Study on Chinese Acrolepiidae and Choreutidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera)" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2011-08-07. Retrieved 2011-12-19.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]