Nemaxera

Nemaxera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Genus: Nemaxera
Zagulajev, 1964
Species: N. betulinella
Binomial name
Nemaxera betulinella
(Paykull, 1785)

Nemaxera is a genus of the fungus moth family, Tineidae. Therein, it belongs to the subfamily Nemapogoninae. The genus it is considered monotypic, with the single species Nemaxera betulinella placed here.[1]

Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 6

The species occurs in western Eurasia east of France; it is also found in Great Britain but appears to be absent from the Balkans. Its caterpillars feed mainly on fungi, namely birch polypore (Piptoporus betulinus) and turkey tail (Trametes versicolor). To a lesser extent, they eat rotting wood.[2]

Junior synonyms of N. betulinella are:[3]

Footnotes

  1. Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), FE (2009), Robinson [2010], and see references in Savela (2001)
  2. Grabe (1942), FE (2009), and see references in Savela (2001)
  3. Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), FE (2009), Robinson [2010]

References

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