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Nemapogon koenigi

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Tineidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Nemapogon

Similar
  
Nemapogon, Nemapogon cloacella, Nemapogon granella, Tineidae, Coleophora

Nemapogon koenigi is a moth of the Tineidae family. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, Belgium, the Iberian Peninsula, Ukraine, Greece and probably most of the Balkan Peninsula.

The wingspan is 9-14 mm.

The larvae feed on fungi and dead and decaying wood.

References

Nemapogon koenigi Wikipedia