Biology:Prochoreutis sehestediana

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Short description: Species of moth

Prochoreutis sehestediana
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P. sehestediana
Binomial name
Prochoreutis sehestediana
(Fabricius, 1776)[1]
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

  1. "Prochoreutis sehestediana (Fabricius, 1776)". https://fauna-eu.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/012b85be-2bd0-41b7-a238-9159e98f1c02. 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.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Kimber, Ian. "Prochoreutis sehestediana (Fabricius, [1777)"]. https://ukmoths.org.uk/species/prochoreutis-sehestediana/. Retrieved 13 October 2020. 
  5. Ellis, W N. "Prochoreutis sehestediana (Fabricius, 1775) silver-dot metal-mark". https://bladmineerders.nl/parasites/animalia/arthropoda/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/apoditrysia/choreutoidea/choreutidae/prochoreutis/prochoreutis-sehestediana/. Retrieved 13 October 2020. 
  6. "Study on Chinese Acrolepiidae and Choreutidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera)" (PDF). Archived from the original on 2011-08-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20110807110145/http://redalyc.uaemex.mx/pdf/455/45512170006.pdf. Retrieved 2011-12-19. 

External links

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Wikidata ☰ Q7247399 entry