Prochoreutis sehestediana

Prochoreutis sestediana, also knowns as the silver-dot metal-mark is a moth of the family Choreutidae found in Asia and Europe.

It was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1776 from a specimen found in Kiel, Germany.

The fore wings are rather wedge-shaped, with the tip obliquely truncate, brownish; the disc irrorated with minute coppery scales.

[3][4] The larvae initially mine the leaves of common skullcap (Scutellaria galericulata) and lesser skullcap (Scutellaria minor), later living in a silken web and feeding externally on the leaves.

[4][5] It is found in most of Europe, India, China (Ningxia, Shaanxi), Sri Lanka, Nepal, Russia (Primorskiy kray, Ural, Evropeyskaya chast’, Kavkaz), Japan (Hokkaido, Shikoku), Asia Minor, Zakavkazye, Syria and the Oriental region.