Nematopogon schwarziellus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Adelidae
Genus: Nematopogon
Species:
N. schwarziellus
Binomial name
Nematopogon schwarziellus
Zeller, 1839

Nematopogon schwarziellus is a moth of the Adelidae family. It is found in almost all of Europe, except Portugal, Slovenia, Croatia, Greece and Ukraine.[1]

The wingspan is 14–17 mm. Head orange. Forewings long, light shining greyish-ochreous, indistinctly strigulated with grey ; a grey discal mark beyond middle. Hindwings light grey ; cilia whitish-grey.[2] To certainly determine the species of the genus Nematopogon dissection and study of the genitalia is necessary.

Adults are on wing from April to August.[3]

Fig.1 larva in case, 1a case

Females have been observed laying eggs on various herbaceous plants, including Ajuga, Alliaria petiolata, Glechoma hederacea and Urtica species.[4] The larvae feed on dead leaves throughout the winter and all the following year until the following spring. They constructs a case from detritus, within which it lives.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ 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
  3. ↑ Hants Moths
  4. ↑ microlepidoptera.nl Archived 2011-05-01 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ UKmoths
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