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Prochoreutis myllerana (Fabricius, 1794)

Skullcap Skeletoniser
(Small Twitcher)
48.0020 (B&F: 388)

Synonym(s):
Prochoreutis scintilulana (Hübner, [1825])


»Suborder: Glossata
  »Superfamily: Choreutoidea
    »Family: Choreutidae
      »Subfamily: Choreutinae

Number of records: 15
Recorded in: 12 1km grid squares
Date of most recent record: 27 viii 2022
Identification 
difficulty 
: 4Adult: Dissection required

"Resident.. Scarce at mv light, and in danger of extinction in both vice-counties. Single-brooded, flying mainly during July and August, late June being added recently. Larvae feed on skullcap. (Pratt, 2011)."

Prochoreutis myllerana
Herstmonceux, 29 ix 2016
Photo: Mike Mullis
Prochoreutis myllerana
Steyning, 17 vii 2017
Photo: Olly Ellis

Distribution at 1km scale

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No larval records

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