The wingspan is 13–16 mm.[2] Head is orange, face whitish. Forewings less elongate, shining greyish-ochreous or light fuscous, faintly darker-strigulated. Hindwings grey; cilia grey.[3] 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.[4] They live within a movable case.[5]
^Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
nematopogon, pilella, moth, adelidae, family, found, almost, europe, except, portugal, spain, slovenia, salzburg, austriascientific, classificationkingdom, animaliaphylum, arthropodaclass, insectaorder, lepidopterafamily, adelidaegenus, nematopogonspecies, pil. Nematopogon pilella is a moth of the Adelidae family It is found in almost all of Europe except Portugal Spain and Slovenia 1 Nematopogon pilellaNematopogon pilella Salzburg AustriaScientific classificationKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder LepidopteraFamily AdelidaeGenus NematopogonSpecies N pilellaBinomial nameNematopogon pilella Denis amp Schiffermuller 1775 SynonymsTinea pilella Denis amp Schiffermuller 1775 Nematopogon pilellusThe wingspan is 13 16 mm 2 Head is orange face whitish Forewings less elongate shining greyish ochreous or light fuscous faintly darker strigulated Hindwings grey cilia grey 3 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 4 They live within a movable case 5 References edit Fauna Europaea lepiforum de Meyrick E 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan London pdf nbsp This article incorporates text from this source which is in the public domain Keys and description microlepidoptera nl Archived 2011 02 12 at the Wayback Machine Hants MothsExternal links editImages representingNematopogon pilella at Consortium for the Barcode of Life nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nematopogon pilella nbsp Wikispecies has information related to Nematopogon pilella This article relating to the moth family Adelidae is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nematopogon pilella amp oldid 1164540106, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
