Scientific name Nemapogon Higher classification Nemapogoninae Order Butterflies and moths | Division Ditrysia Subfamily Nemapogoninae Rank Genus | |
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Similar Nemapogon granella, Tineidae, Butterflies and moths, Nemapogon cloacella, Monopis | ||
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.
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Species
As of 2007, 69 species of Nemapogon had been described. New ones are still being discovered on a regular basis:
Synonyms
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.
