Procacitas

Procacitas
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Incurvariidae
Genus: Procacitas
Kuprijanov, 1992
Species: P. orientella
Binomial name
Procacitas orientella
(Kozlov, 1987)
Synonyms
  • Alloclemensia orientella Kozlov, 1987

Procacitas is a genus of moths of the Incurvariidae family. It contains only one species, Procacitas orientella, which is found in Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku), Russia (Sakhalin, Irkutsk, Primorye) and North Korea.[1]

The wingspan is 13–14 mm for males and 11.5–15 mm for females. The forewings are dark brown with a purple tinge and a silvery white band.

The larvae feed on Pyrola incarnata. They create an elliptical case consisting of two pieces of the same size.

References

  1. ↑ Distributional records and biological notes on Japanese species of the family Incurvariidae (Lepidoptera)


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