Species Nemapogon clematella - Hodges#0263.5 (original) (raw)

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Tineoidea (Tubeworm, Bagworm, and Clothes Moths)

Family Tineidae (Clothes Moths)

Subfamily Nemapogoninae

Genus Nemapogon

Species clematella (Nemapogon clematella - Hodges#0263.5)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

original combination Tinea clematella Fabricius 1781

Food

larvae feed on fungus growing on dead branches of various trees, or in rotten wood

Contributed by Bob Patterson on 8 June, 2010 - 2:29am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 4 March, 2012 - 7:39pm