Nemapogon picarella
| Nemapogon picarella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tineidae |
| Genus: | Nemapogon |
| Species: | N. picarella |
| Binomial name | |
| Nemapogon picarella (Clerck, 1759)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Nemapogon picarella, the pied clothes moth, is a moth of the Tineidae family. It was described by Clerck in 1759. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, the Benelux, the Iberian Peninsula and the Balkan Peninsula.[2]
The wingspan is 12–19 mm. Adults are black-and-white. They are on wing from June to July.
Larvae have been recorded feeding on bracket fungus (including Piptoporus betulinus) and dead wood.[3]
Etymology
The species name is derived from Latin Pica (meaning magpie) and refers to the pied appearance of the adults.
References
- ↑ Robinson, Gaden S. [2010]: Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae (Lepidoptera)
- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ Hants Moths
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