Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Adelidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Nematopogon | |
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Similar Nematopogon, Nematopogon metaxella, Nematopogon swammerdamella, Nematopogon robertella, Nemophora minimella | ||
Nematopogon schwarziellus is a moth of the Adelidae family. It is found in almost all of Europe, except Portugal, Slovenia, Croatia, Greece and Ukraine.
The wingspan is 14–17 mm. Adults are on wing from April to August.
Females have been observed laying eggs on various herbaceous plants, including Ajuga, Alliaria petiolata, Glechoma hederacea and Urtica species. The larvae feed on dead leaves throughout the winter and all the following year until the following spring. They constructs a case from detritus, within which it lives.
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