12.021 BF220  –  Tineidae –  Nemapogoninae – Nemapogon clematella – Black-barred Fungus Moth – (Fabricius, 1781) Adult Micro:  CAT 3 – Very Rare/Scarce/Migrant/Adventive – confusion with leaf mines       PDF Icon – click for General Verification Guidelines  |   PDF Icon – click for Specific Verification Guidelines
Black – Uncertain/Unknown – Insufficient Data   
Taxonomy:   Micro   >>  Tineidae  >> Nemapogoninae
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: 18 May 2025 at Pleasley )  –  Uncertain – Unknown – one record from 1988 – Repton A record of Larval frass from Pleasley on 18/5/2025
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: Yes –  Photographed By: Nicholas Brownley  © All Rights Reserved
*** Last updated on 2 October 2025 by RP ***
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: 2025
Last Recorded By – Nicholas Brownley
Last Recorded General Area – Pleasley

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Pleasley (2025) Nicholas Brownley©



Distribution Map for Nemapogon clematella

Found 1 records
    ↳ 1 from After 2025
    ↳ 0 from 2020 - 2024
    ↳ 0 from Before 2020
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NBN Atlas UK Distribution for – Nemapogon clematella

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Note – the NBN Atlas datasets are listed in the map below and vary in their currency (uptodateness) – however, the map does give a general indication of the moth's distribution across the UK.

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Monthly Records By Year: Nemapogon clematella
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
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Monthly Counts By Year: Nemapogon clematella
( data is based on 'Adult' stage records only. )


First/Last Recorded Dates: Nemapogon clematella
Adult-only & Anything [Larvae, Pupae, Adult, Mines]

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Recordings By Year: Nemapogon clematella
( All data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Annual Growth Rate (AGR): Nemapogon clematella
AGR: 0%   |   Total % Change: 0%
Nemapogon clematella
Insufficient records/data for an AGR analysis
Years Analysed: 2000 – 2025
Nemapogon clematella
Insufficient records/data for a CUSUM analysis
Years Analysed: 2000 – 2025

Hectad (10kmx10km) Coverage: Nemapogon clematella
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )

Flight Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Nemapogon clematella
( data includes Adult Stage only )

Flight Period chart – the grey hatched area above, which can cross one or more months, pictorially represents the best guess we have for this moth's flight periods [month/s]. The coloured lines represent the actual months seen in flight, from site observation records received between 2020-2025.

Records Behind the Map and Charts - Nemapogon clematella – 1 records available

Listed by Year - descending - scroll across to see all table columns

Site NameTetradDateCountStageSource
Pleasley park woodsSK56C18/05/20251minevc57_irecords_extract

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