Species Choreutis diana - Diana's Choreutis Moth - Hodges#2651

2651

Choreutis diana (Hübner, 1819)

Phylogenetic sequence #082800

wingspan 14–18 mm.

Adult: FW mottled, often with some green or bluish-green visible ● AM black, strongly jagged, broadest at costa, shadowed distally by pale greenish to white ● Median area is pale to dark olive/olive brown ● PM black, often only visible as two sharp black teeth ● PM area is mottled cream with brown to olive ● ST black and sometimes very distinct ● Terminal line is usually reddish brown with a thin dark brown outer border ● Fringe is pale greyish with dark brown at the anal angle, middle, and apex

North America and Europe. Considered native.

larvae feed on Alnus rubra, Alnus incana, Betula papyrifera, Populus balsamifera, Salix and Prunus species