12.021 BF220 - Tineidae - Nemapogoninae - Nemapogon clematella - Black-barred Fungus Moth

12.021 BF220 - Tineidae - Nemapogoninae - Nemapogon clematella - Black-barred Fungus Moth - (Fabricius, 1781)

Adult Micro: CAT 3 - Very Rare/Scarce/Migrant/Adventive -

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- Uncertain/Unknown - Insufficient Data

Taxonomy: Micro >> Tineidae

Other Name/s: Barred White Clothes Moth

ID Difficulty: green

- easy to identify, generally distinctive and unlikely to be confused with other species.

ID pointers: An attractive and diagnostic species. Overall creamy white with a strong black diagonal and central cross-band and a a black basal bar running along the costa to about a third.

Distribution: (Last record: 1988 at Repton ) - Uncertain – Unknown – one record from 1988 – Repton

Flight Period: May / June / July / August / - One generation May-August – active from dusk and readily comes to bright light

Moth Activity: Nocturnal - active from dusk into the night

Photographed: No - Photographed By: Not Recorded

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Wingspan: 12-15mm

Food Plant: Larvae feed on a variety of fungi growing on dead branches of a variety of trees and on decaying wood

Last Recorded Year: 1988

Last Recorded By: Not Recorded

Last Recorded General Area: Repton

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