Species Prochoreutis inflatella - Hodges#2629

Classification · Hodges Number · Numbers · Size · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

No Taxon (Moths)

Superfamily Choreutoidea

Family Choreutidae (Metalmark Moths)

Genus Prochoreutis

Species inflatella (Prochoreutis inflatella - Hodges#2629)

Hodges Number

2629

Numbers

Common (1)

Size

Wingspan 9-11mm (1)

Range

Throughout the East (1)

Season

Flies June to September (1)

Food

Skeletonizer of mad-dog skullcap, Scutellaria lateriflora (1)

Remarks

Attracted to mercury vapor lamps

Print References

Covell, page 424, plate 63 (#1) (1)

Internet References

Nice adult photo by John Himmelman.

Works Cited

1.	Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths By Charles V. Covell

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 8 March, 2005 - 7:23pm

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