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Nemapogon

Nemapogon
Nemapogon variatella.jpg
Adult Nemapogon variatella, Espoo, Finland
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Division: Ditrysia
Family: Tineidae
Subfamily: Nemapogoninae
Genus: Nemapogon
Schrank, 1802
Type species
Phalaena (Tinea) granella
Linnaeus, 1758
Diversity
69 species
Synonyms

Numerous, see text


Numerous, see text

Nemapogon is a genus of the fungus moth family, Tineidae. Therein, it belongs to the subfamily Nemapogoninae. As evident by its name, it is the type genus of its subfamily.

As of 2007, 69 species of Nemapogon had been described. New ones are still being discovered on a regular basis:

Junior synonyms of Nemapogon are:

The genus name Brosis was first proposed by J. Hübner in 1806, but in a book – the famous Tentamen determinsationis ("Preliminary examination") – that was essentially an immense discussion paper and not a valid work of zoological nomenclature. When Hübner came to validly erect the genus in his 1822 genus list (Systematisch-alphabetisches Verzeichnis), it had already been used by G.J. Billberg for what is nowadays considered the Incurvariidae genus Incurvaria.

Nemapogon clematella

Nemapogon cloacella

Nemapogon.granella

Nemapogon interstitiella

Nemapogon sp.


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