Prochoreutis myllerana

Prochoreutis myllerana

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Choreutidae
Genus:	Prochoreutis
Species:	P. myllerana
Binomial name
*Prochoreutis myllerana* (Fabricius, 1794)
Synonyms
Phalaena argentinetta Fourcroy, 1785 (nomen oblitum) Prochoreutis argentinetta Pyralis myllerana Fabricius, 1794 Pyralis scopoliana sensu Panzer, 1801 Anthophila mylleri Haworth, [1811] Tortrix augustana Hübner, [1813] Choreutis scintilulana Hübner, [1825] Choreutis scintilulalis Treitschke, 1835 Choreutis albipunctalis Zetterstedt, [1839] Choreutis müllerana von Heyden, 1865 Choreutis myllerana Tortrix angustana Duponchel, 1842 Xylopoda scintilulana Hübner, [1825];Godart & Duponchel, 1842 Xylopoda myllerana (Fabricius, 1794);Duponchel, 1834 Simaethis myllerana (Fabricius, 1794);Wood & Westwood, 1854 Porpe myllerana (Fabricius, 1794);Caradja, 1920

Prochoreutis myllerana, Miller’s nettle-tap, is a moth of the Choreutidae family. It is found in most of Europe, east into Russia. It is also known from China (Heilongjiang, Xinjiang), Korea and Japan (Hokkaido).^[1]

Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 6

The wingspan is 10–14 mm. Adults are on wing from May to early September. There are probably three generations per year.

The larvae feed on Scutellaria galericulata and Scutellaria minor. The young larvae mine the lower leaves of their host plant. Older larvae live free among spun leaves. There are also records on Lamium album and Lamium purpureum, but these need confirmation.

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