Prochoreutis myllerana
Seq # 350030020
Tebenna micalis

Prochoreutis sehestediana (Fabricius, 1776) Species

Last modified: Dec. 4, 2024, 12:09 p.m.

A very rare and local species throughout Belgium.

Details

Classification
Family: Choreutidae > Subfamily: Choreutinae > Genus: Prochoreutis > Species: Prochoreutis sehestediana
Vernacular names
Zuidelijke glidkruidmot (NL), Sehesteds Helmkraut-Spreizflügelfalter (DE)
Synonyms
Prochoreutis punctosa (Haworth, 1811)
First mention in Belgium
Janmoulle E. 1954a. Espèces nouvelles pour la faune belge (suite). — Lambillionea 54: 3–4, 33–34, 57–58. On page 57.
Status

Native

Distribution

Imago

Wingspan 9–12 mm.

Museum specimens

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Specimens in nature

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Mine

See also bladmineerders.be

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Bionomics

First mining, later in a loose spinning in a shoot or between two leaves. It is not known how the winter is passed, but most probably in the adult stage, because the usual food plant is often flooded during winter and would not produce sufficient growth in early spring to support larvae.
They are active during the day flying over the food plant and later coming to light.

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Flight periods

The adults fly at least in two generations per year from late May to July and again from August to early September. Some individuals have been seen well into October.

Observed on

Host plant (species):
Scutellaria galericulata and Scutellaria minor

The larva lives on Scutellaria galericulata.

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Contact
Statistics
Flemish Entomological Society

jurate.deprins@gmail.com
    Species presence
  • 1799 West-Vlaanderen
  • 1793 Oost-Vlaanderen
  • 1967 Antwerpen
  • 1920 Limburg
  • 214 Vlaams Brabant
  • 1915 Brabant
  • 28 Brabant Wallon
  • 1680 Hainaut
  • 2224 Namur
  • 2143 Liège
  • 2222 Luxembourg