Nematopogon pilella

Nematopogon pilella
	Nematopogon pilella Salzburg, Austria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Adelidae
Genus:	Nematopogon
Species:	N. pilella
Binomial name
	Nematopogon pilella; (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Synonyms
	Tinea pilella Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775; Nematopogon pilellus;

Nematopogon pilella is a moth of the Adelidae family. It is found in almost all of Europe, except Portugal, Spain and Slovenia.[1]

The wingspan is 13–16 mm.[2] Head is orange, face whitish. Forewings less elongate, shining greyish-ochreous or light fuscous, faintly darker-strigulated. Hindwings grey ; cilia grey.[3]

The larvae possibly feed on the dead leaves of Vaccinium species.[4] They live within a movable case.[5]

References

Fauna Europaea
lepiforum.de
Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
microlepidoptera.nl Archived 2011-02-12 at the Wayback Machine
Hants Moths

External links

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[1] Fauna Europaea

[2] rum.de

[3] Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description

[4] rolepidoptera.nl Archived 2011-02-12 at the Wayback Machine

[5] Hants Moths