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Species Prochoreutis inflatella - Skullcap Skeletonizer Moth - Hodges#2629

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2629 Prochoreutis inflatella - Prochoreutis inflatella

Skullcap Skeletonizer Moth - Hodges #2629 (Prochoreutis inflatella) - Prochoreutis inflatella

small shiny moth - Prochoreutis inflatella

Skullcap Skeletonizer Moth - Hodges #2629 - Prochoreutis inflatella

Skullcap Skeletonizer Moth - Prochoreutis inflatella

Prochoreutis inflatella - Skullcap Skeletonizer Moth - Prochoreutis inflatella

Skullcap Skeletonizer Moth - Hodges#2629 - Dorsal with Flash - Prochoreutis inflatella

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Choreutoidea (Metalmark Moths)

Family Choreutidae (Metalmark Moths)

Subfamily Choreutinae

Genus Prochoreutis

Species inflatella (Skullcap Skeletonizer Moth - Hodges#2629)

Hodges Number

2629

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Prochoreutis inflatella (Clemens, 1863)

Numbers

Common (1)

Size

Wingspan 9-11mm (1)

Identification

Image identified by DNA analysis:

Genitalia:

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

Moth Photographers Group – images of live and pinned adults

BOLD Systems - images of pinned DNA supported specimens

BugTracks - photos of larval feeding sign and reared adult

Works Cited

1.	Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths Charles V. Covell. 1984. Houghton Mifflin Company.

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 8 March, 2005 - 7:23pm
Additional contributions by ceiseman, Robert Lord Zimlich, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 30 August, 2023 - 2:45pm

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