Morophaga choragella

Morophaga choragella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tineidae
Genus:	Morophaga
Species:	M. choragella
Binomial name
Morophaga choragella Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
Synonyms
Morophaga boleti

Morophaga choragella is a moth of the family Tineidae. It is found in Europe.

Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 6

Description

The wingspan is 18–32 mm. It is a brown-speckled moths. The antennae are wire-shaped and a little over half as long as the forewings. The head is covered with short, grey-brown, hair-like scales. The thorax is brown with lighter sides. The forewings are rounded, the base color is yellow-brown with darker markings, also some small, white spots. In the middle of the wing there is a comma-shaped, darker spot from the back edge, this is edged with white. The forewing has fringes of dark grey-brown with a narrow, light middle stripe and four narrow, white fields. The hind wing is grey, with short hair fringes that are light grey with a darker band in the middle. The larva is dirty yellowish white with a dark brown head.

Biology

The moth flies from May to September.

The larvae feed on mushrooms, particularly Piptoporus betulinus and Ganoderma applanatum , and dead wood.

References

Content in this edit is translated from the existing Norwegian Wikipedia article at no:Morophaga choragella; see its history for attribution.

External links

• waarneming.nl (in Dutch)
• Lepidoptera of Belgium
• Morophaga choragella on UKmoths