Nematopogon pilella

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Nematopogon pilella
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Nematopogon pilella Salzburg, Austria
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Adelidae
Genus: Nematopogon
Species:
N. pilella
Binomial name
Nematopogon pilella
Synonyms
  • Tinea pilellaDenis & 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] To certainly determine the species of the genus Nematopogon dissection and study of the genitalia is necessary.The larvae possibly feed on the dead leaves of Vaccinium species. [4] They live within a movable case. [5]

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References

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