Tineidae
300121 –
0275 Nemapogon variatella
(Clemens, 1859)
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Larva and Host Plants: |
Host familiy: Betulaceae[secondary] Fagaceae[secondary] Pinaceae[secondary] Hymenochaetaceae[Fungi] Fomitopsidaceae[Fungi] Polyporaceae[Fungi] Fungi Detritophagous. Host genera: Fomitiporia[Fungi] Phaeolus[Fungi] Polyporus[Fungi] Stereum[Fungi] Betula[secondary] Corylus[secondary] Picea[secondary] Quercus[secondary] Detritophagous. Notes: fungus, detriphagous (Heppner 2007); food products, grain, wood-decaying fungi & rotting wood Nemapogon clematella (Jaworski et al 2014). (Shropshire & Douglas 2025)
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| Similar Species: |
- Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
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| Synonymy: |
variatella (Clemens, 1859) (Tinea) - MONA 1983: 275apicisignatella (Dietz, 1905) (Tinea)fulvisuffusella (Dietz, 1905) (Tinea)infimella (Corbet, 1943) (Tinea)personella (Pierce & Metcalfe, 1934) (Tinea)secalella (Zacher, 1938) (Tinea) |
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| References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.) |
- Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Identifications often erroneous; DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; many specimens not sequenced.
- Clemens, B., 1859. Contribution to American Lepidopterology. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 11: 257.
- Shropshire, K.J. & D.W. Tallamy, 2025. Lepidoptera of North America, north of Mexico: an annotated list containing geographic ranges and host-plant records. ZooKeys, 1261: 101-113; Suppl. 1. (PDF or read online)
- Species Page at BugGuide.Net
- Species Page at Mass Moths
- Species Page at iNaturalist
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