Nematopogon pilella

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
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.[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] [7] 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.[8] They live within a movable case.[9]

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 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. [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 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. ^ Zagulajev, A.K., 1987 Adelidae ; in G.S. Medvedev (ed.): Keys to the insects of the europaean part of the USSR, Vol.IV: Lepidoptera, part 1 (english translation), Oxonian Press Pvt.Ltd., New Dehli, 1987
  8. ^ microlepidoptera.nl Archived 2011-02-12 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ Hants Moths
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