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Nemaxera Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Tineidae Genus: Nemaxera
Zagulajev, 1964Species: 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 presently 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]
- Nemaxera emortuella (Zeller, 1839)
- Tinea betulinella Paykull, 1785
- Tinea concinnella Hübner, [1836]
- Tinea corticella Curtis, 1834 (non Linnaeus, 1758: preoccupied)
- Tinea emortuella Zeller, 1839 – type of genus Nemaxera
Footnotes
References
- Fauna Europaea (FE) (2009): Nemaxera. Version 2.1, 2009-DEC-22. Retrieved 2010-MAY-05.
- Grabe, Albert (1942): Eigenartige Geschmacksrichtungen bei Kleinschmetterlingsraupen ["Strange tastes among micromoth caterpillars"]. Zeitschrift des Wiener Entomologen-Vereins 27: 105-109 [in German]. PDF fulltext
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2004): Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species – Nemaxera. Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2010-MAY-05.
- Robinson, Gaden S. [2010]: Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae (Lepidoptera). Retrieved 2010-MAY-05.
- Savela, Markku (2001): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms – Nemaxera. Version of 2001-NOV-04. Retrieved 2010-MAY-05.
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