Nemapogon koenigi

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Nemapogon koenigi
Nemapogon koenigi-Salzburg, Stadt Salzburg, Gnigl-E-MK-Z31962a.jpg
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Genus: Nemapogon
Species:
N. koenigi
Binomial name
Nemapogon koenigi
Capuse, 1967
Synonyms
  • Tinea albipunctellaHaworth, 1828 (preocc. Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
  • Nemapogon wolffiellaKarsholt & Nielsen, 1976 [1]

Nemapogon koenigi is a moth of the family Tineidae. 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]

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