Tineidae : Nemapogoninae
Cork Moth
NEMAPOGON cloacella (Haworth, 1828)
Cork Moth
NEMAPOGON cloacella (Haworth, 1828)
Kind permission - © Tim Norriss
Life Cycle Guide
Description
Wingspan: 10-18mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - excluding ( Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Corsica,Crete,Cyprus,France,Madeira,Malta,Sardinia & Sicily) - western Eurasia & N America
UK Distribution: Common throughout the British Isles
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Woodland : Gardens : Parkland,possibly indoors
Similar Species -
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: This well marked moth has pale brown background with reddish brown and white markings and a distinct white spot in the middle of the wing just above the tornus and several dark brown markings especially at the median band where the markings are oblique which stop about the middle of the dorsum.
The background can vary between pale orange brown and blackish brown with the marking varying,in size and intensity with the white spot showing on most specimens.
The moth is on the wing either in early morning sunshine or late afternoon or dusk and is attracted to light
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - excluding ( Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Corsica,Crete,Cyprus,France,Madeira,Malta,Sardinia & Sicily) - western Eurasia & N America
UK Distribution: Common throughout the British Isles
UK Conservation Status -
- Common = > 300 10km squares
- Least Concern
- Tinea cloacella (Haworth, 1828)
- Phalaena granella (Linnaeus, 1758)
- No Specified
Habitat: Woodland : Gardens : Parkland,possibly indoors
Similar Species -
- Corn Moth - Nemapogon granella - (Linnaeus, 1758) - uniformly pale brown background,grey & black markings,no white spot
- Nemapogon ruricolella (Stainton, 1849) - plain yellowish grey,brownish beyond median band,small whitish or yellowish brown spot
- Nemapogon wolffiella Karsholt & Nielsen, 1976 - blackish brown background,small whitish markings
- Nemapogon inconditella (Lucas, 1956)
- Nemapogon variatella (Clemens, 1859) - head white
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: This well marked moth has pale brown background with reddish brown and white markings and a distinct white spot in the middle of the wing just above the tornus and several dark brown markings especially at the median band where the markings are oblique which stop about the middle of the dorsum.
The background can vary between pale orange brown and blackish brown with the marking varying,in size and intensity with the white spot showing on most specimens.
The moth is on the wing either in early morning sunshine or late afternoon or dusk and is attracted to light
Photo Gallery
Larval Food Plants Worldwide
Larvae feed on plant debris and other detritus when favourite food not available
Larvae feed on plant debris and other detritus when favourite food not available
Note - Plants hyperlinked in red below take the visitor to the relevant plant page on"Plants for a Future" website where further information like photos,physical characteristics,habitats,edible uses,medicinal uses,cultivation,propagation,range,height etc. are clearly listed.
Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
- Fomitopsidaceae - Parasitic Bracket Fungi Family
- Piptoporus betulinus - Birch Polypore, Birch Bracket, Razor Strop
- Daedalea quercina - Oak Mazegill
- Piptoporus betulinus - Birch Polypore, Birch Bracket, Razor Strop
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Subkingdom: Phylum: Subphylum Class: Order: Superfamily: Family: Subfamily Genus: Accepted Species Name: Type Species NEMAPOGON: Original Species Name: Species Names: Literary Ref: Type Locality: |
Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Tineoidea Tineidae Nemopogoninae NEMAPOGON Nemapogon cloacella (Haworth, 1828) - Phalaena granella Linnaeus, 1758 - TINEA cloacella (Haworth, 1828) = Tinea infimella Heydenreich, 1851 - Lepidoptera Britannica (4): Title Page : p.563 - n.? - Not Specified |