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Prochoreutis sehestediana

Synonyms: Choreutis punctosa; Choreutis sehestediana; Parachoreutis sehestediana; Prochoreutis punctosa; Pyralis sehestediana (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Prochoreutis sestediana is a moth of the Choreutidae family. 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. The wingspan is 9–12 mm and the silver dusting expands over more than half of the forewing. There are two generations per year, adults are on wing in May and from July to August. They fly during the day. The larvae feed on Scutellaria galericulata and Scutellaria minor.
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Prey / Diet

Scutellaria racemosa (South American skullcap)[1]

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Attributes / relations provided by
1Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0