Nematopogon metaxella
Species of moth
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Nematopogon metaxella is a moth of the Adelidae family. It is found in most of Europe.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Adelidae |
| Genus: | Nematopogon |
| Species: | N. metaxella |
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| Nematopogon metaxella (Hübner, 1813) | |
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The wingspan is 15–17 mm. The head is ochreous-orange, the face whitish. The forewings shorter and broader, shining ochreous, indistinctly brownish strigulated with a brownish discal mark beyond middle. The hindwings are fuscous; cilia light grey, suffused basally with ochreous.[1] To certainly determine the species of the genus Nematopogon dissection and study of the genitalia is necessary.[2][3] [4][5]
Adults are on wing from June to July.They fly in the afternoon and at dusk. The habitat is alluvial forest and high moorland forest.
The larvae feed in a case among detritus and leaf-litter on the ground.
