Nemapogon clematella

Nemapogon clematella, the barred white clothes moth, is a moth of the family Tineidae. It is found in most of Europe[2] and in North America, where it has been recorded from Maryland and North Carolina.[3] The habitat consists of woodlands.[4]

Nemapogon clematella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Tineidae
Genus:
Nemapogon
Species:
N. clematella
Binomial name
Nemapogon clematella
(Fabricius, 1781)[1]
Synonyms
  • Tinea clematella Fabricius, 1781
  • Nemapogon clematellus
  • Argyresthia auritinctella Wallengren, 1852
  • Recurvaria clematea Haworth, 1828
  • Alucita niveella Fabricius, 1777
  • Tinea punctella Scopoli, 1763
  • Tinea repandella Hübner, [1799]

The wingspan is 12–15 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August.

The larvae feed on fungi, including Hypoxylon fuscum and Fomes fomentarius, growing under the bark of dead twigs of elm, oak, beech and hawthorn.[5] The species overwinters in the larval stage. Pupation takes places in the fungus or wood.[6]

References
  1. Robinson, Gaden S. [2010]: Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae (Lepidoptera). Retrieved 2014.
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. mothphotographersgroup
  4. Hants Moths
  5. Nemapogon at funet
  6. Lepidoptera of Belgium
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