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Nematopogon pilella

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Species of moth

Nematopogon pilella
Nematopogon pilella Salzburg, Austria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Adelidae
Genus: Nematopogon
Species: N. pilella
Binomial name
Nematopogon pilella
(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Tinea pilella Denis & 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.

The wingspan is 13–16 mm. 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. 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. They live within a movable case.

References

Content in this edit is translated from the existing Norwegian Misplaced Pages 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 Public Domain 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. . 2018 A Field Guide to the Smaller Moths of Great Britain and Ireland Reading, Berkshire. British Entomological and Natural History Society
  5. lepiforum.de includes imagesPublic Domain 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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Taxon identifiers
Nematopogon pilella


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