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] A medium-sized, brownish or brownish-yellow moth with long antennae. The antennae are filamentous and white, in the male two and a half to three times as long as the forewing, in the female almost twice as long as the forewing. The head is covered with yellowish, erect, hair-like scales. In the male, the forebody and forewing are rather dark brown, rather dull, often with a more or less clear, light net pattern in the outer part. In the female, these are usually much lighter, brownish-yellow with a certain bronze-like sheen. The hind wing is grey without any conspicuous sheen, thinly scaled. Meyrick-Head is orange, face whitish. Forewings less elongate, shining greyish-ochreous or light fuscous, faintly darker-strigulated. Hindwings grey; cilia grey. [3] [4] [5] [6] 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. [7] They live within a movable case. [8]

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References

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

  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. ↑ Langmaid, J. R., Palmer, S. M. & Young, M. R. [eds]. 2018 A Field Guide to the Smaller Moths of Great Britain and Ireland [3rd ed.]Reading, Berkshire. British Entomological and Natural History Society
  5. ↑ lepiforum.de includes images PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  6. ↑ Sterling, P. and Parsons,M. 2012 Field Guide to the Micro Moths of Great Britain and Ireland Dorset British Wildlife Publishing, 2012 ISBN 10: 0956490212 / ISBN 13: 9780956490216 - 2nd edition (Bloomsbury Wildlife Guides)
  7. ↑ microlepidoptera.nl Archived 2011-02-12 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ↑ Hants Moths


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