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

Nemapogon picarella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

The wingspan is 12–19 mm. 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.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Robinson, Gaden S. [2010]: Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae (Lepidoptera)
  2. ^ Fauna Europaea
  3. ^ Hantsmoths