Nemapogon clematella

{{Short description|Species of moth}}

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| image = Nemapogon clematella.jpg

| taxon = Nemapogon clematella

| authority = (Fabricius, 1781){{smallcaps|Robinson, Gaden S.}} [2010]: [http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/tineidae/ Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae (Lepidoptera)]. Retrieved 2014.

| synonyms =

  • Tinea clematella Fabricius, 1781
  • Nemapogon clematellus
  • Argyresthia auritinctella Wallengren, 1852
  • Recurvaria clematea Haworth, 1828
  • Alucita niveella Fabricius, 1777
  • Tinea punctella Scopoli, 1763
  • Tinea repandella Hübner, [1799]

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Nemapogon clematella, the barred white clothes moth, is a moth of the family Tineidae. It is found in most of Europe[https://web.archive.org/web/20160207082602/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=433172 Fauna Europaea] and in North America, where it has been recorded from Maryland and North Carolina.[http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=263.5 mothphotographersgroup] The habitat consists of woodlands.[http://www.hantsmoths.org.uk/species/0220.php Hants Moths]

The wingspan is 12–15 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August.

The larvae feed on fungi, including Hypoxylon fuscum and Fomes fomentarius.[http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/tineoidea/tineidae/nemapogoninae/nemapogon/index.html Nemapogon at funet][http://uahost.uantwerpen.be/vve/Checklists/Lepidoptera/Tineidae/Nclematella.htm Lepidoptera of Belgium]

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