Nemapogon koenigi

Nemapogon koenigi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Genus: Nemapogon
Species: N. koenigi
Binomial name
Nemapogon koenigi
Capuse, 1967
Synonyms
  • Tinea albipunctella Haworth, 1828 (preocc. Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
  • Nemapogon wolffiella Karsholt & Nielsen, 1976[1]

Nemapogon koenigi is a moth of the Tineidae family. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, Belgium, the Iberian Peninsula, Ukraine, Greece and probably most of the Balkan Peninsula.[2][3]

The wingspan is 9–14 mm.

The larvae feed on fungi and dead and decaying wood.[4]

References

  1. ↑ lepiforum.de
  2. ↑ Nemapogon koenigi at Fauna Europaea
  3. ↑ Nemapogon wolffiella at Fauna Europaea
  4. ↑ UKmoths


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