Species Details

ABH: 48.002

BF: 388

Family: Choreutidae

Subfamily: Choreutinae

Taxon: Prochoreutis myllerana

Authority: (Fabricius, 1794)

Vernacular: Skullcap Skeletoniser

Account: Nationally scarce (Nb) in damp grassland and moorland in parts of Britain, also occurring in Ireland Day-flying. Similar to P. sehestediana, but in P. myllerana white spots on forewing on average larger and more rounded; patch of white irroration extends from dorsum at most halfway across wing; no pale fascia beyond postmedian line of silvery spots; termen slightly more curved and apex less acute (MBGBI Vol 2). Larva feeds on Skullcap and Lesser Skullcap.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 10 — 14 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 9 Jun (2003) — 26 Jul (2002)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Scutellaria galericulata (Skullcap), Scutellaria minor (Lesser Skullcap).

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Nationally Scarce B

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 4 — ️‼️Dissection required️‼️
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/prochoreutis-myllerana/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 4

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2002

Latest Year: 2017

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