Nemapogon picarella

Nemapogon picarella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Genus: Nemapogon
Species: N. picarella
Binomial name
Nemapogon picarella
(Clerck, 1759)[1]
Synonyms
  • Phalaena picarella Clerck, 1759
  • Scardia acerella Treitschke, 1832
  • Tinea rigaella Sodoffsky, 1830
  • Nemapogon riganella Zeller, 1839

Nemapogon picarella, the pied clothes moth, is a moth of the Tineidae family. It was described by Clerck in 1759. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, the Benelux, the Iberian Peninsula and the Balkan Peninsula.[2]

The wingspan is 12–19 mm.[3] Adults are black-and-white. They are on wing from June to July.

Larvae have been recorded feeding on bracket fungus (including Piptoporus betulinus) and dead wood.[4]

Etymology

The species name is derived from Latin Pica (meaning magpie) and refers to the pied appearance of the adults.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Robinson, Gaden S. [2010]: Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae (Lepidoptera)
  2. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  3. ↑ lepidoptera.pl
  4. ↑ Hants Moths
  5. ↑ UKmoths


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