Nemapogon

Not to be confused with Nematopogon.

Nemapogon
Adult Nemapogon variatella, Espoo, Finland
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tineidae
Subfamily:	Nemapogoninae
Genus:	Nemapogon Schrank, 1802
Type species
Phalaena (Tinea) granella Linnaeus, 1758
Diversity
69 species
Synonyms
Numerous, see text

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.

Species

As of 2007, 69 species of Nemapogon had been described. New ones are still being discovered on a regular basis:

• Nemapogon acapnopennella (Clemens, 1863) (= N. minutipulnella, N. minutipulvella)
• Nemapogon agenjoi Petersen, 1959 (= N. hispanellus)
• Nemapogon agnathosella Gaedike, 2000
• Nemapogon algerica Gaedike, 2009
• Nemapogon alticolella Zagulajev, 1961
• Nemapogon anatolica Gaedike, 1986
• Nemapogon angulifasciella (Dietz, 1905)
• Nemapogon arcosuensis Gaedike, 2007
• Nemapogon arenbergeri Gaedike, 1986
• Nemapogon asyntacta (Meyrick, 1917)
• Nemapogon auropulvella (Chambers, 1873) (= N. auripulvella)
• Nemapogon bachmarensis Zagulajev, 1964
• Nemapogon barikotellus Petersen, 1973
• Nemapogon bidentata Xiao & Li, 2010
• Nemapogon brandti Gaedike, 1986
• Nemapogon caucasicus (Zagulajev, 1964)
• Nemapogon clematella (Fabricius, 1781) (= Alucita niveella, N. arcellus, N. auritinctella, N. clematea N. clematellus, N. punctella, N. repandella)
• Nemapogon cloacella – cork moth
• Nemapogon cyprica Gaedike, 1986
• Nemapogon defectella (Zeller, 1873)
• Nemapogon defrisiensis (Zagulajev, 1964)
• Nemapogon diarthrota (Meyrick, 1936)
• Nemapogon echinata Gaedike, 2000
• Nemapogon flabellata Xiao & Li, 2010
• Nemapogon flavifrons Petersen, 1959 (= N. kabulianus)
• Nemapogon fungivorella (Benander, 1939) (= N. fungivorellus)
• Nemapogon fuscalbella (Chrétien, 1908)
• Nemapogon geniculatella (Dietz, 1905)
• Nemapogon gerasimovi Zagulajev, 1961
• Nemapogon gliriella (Heyden, 1865) (= N. cachetiellus, N. ibericus )
• Nemapogon granella – European grain moth
• Nemapogon gravosaellus Petersen, 1957 (= N. borshomi, N. gravosaella)
• Nemapogon grossi Gaedike, 2007
• Nemapogon hispanica Petersen & Gaedike, 1992
• Nemapogon hungaricus Gozmány, 1960 (= N. pliginskii)
• Nemapogon inconditella (Lucas, 1956) (= N. buckwelli, N. heydeni, N. thomasi)
• Nemapogon interstitiella (Dietz, 1905)
• Nemapogon kashmirensis Robinson, 1980
• Nemapogon kasyi Gaedike, 1986
• Nemapogon koenigi Capuse, 1967 (= N. wolffiella)
• Nemapogon lagodechiellus Zagulajev, 1962
• Nemapogon leechi Robinson, 1980
• Nemapogon levantinus Petersen, 1961
• Nemapogon mesoplaca (Meyrick, 1919)
• Nemapogon meridionella (Zagulajev 1962) (= N. meridionalis)
• Nemapogon molybdanella (Dietz, 1905)
• Nemapogon multistriatella (Dietz, 1905)
• Nemapogon nevadella (Caradja, 1920)
• Nemapogon nevellus Zagulajev, 1963
• Nemapogon nigralbella (Zeller, 1859) (= N. nigralbellus)
• Nemapogon ningshanensis Xiao & Li, 2010
• Nemapogon ophrionella (Dietz, 1905)
• Nemapogon orientalis Petersen, 1961 (= N. falstriella)
• Nemapogon oregonella (Busck, 1900)
• Nemapogon palmella (Chretien 1908) (= N. oueddarella)
• Nemapogon picarella (Clerck, 1759) (= N. acerella, N. picarellus, N. rigaella)
• Nemapogon quercicolella
• Nemapogon reisseri Petersen & Gaedike, 1983
• Nemapogon rileyi (Dietz, 1905) (= N. atriflua)
• Nemapogon roburella (Dietz, 1905)
• Nemapogon robusta Gaedike, 2000
• Nemapogon ruricolella (Stainton, 1859) (= N. cochylidella)
• Nemapogon sardicus Gaedike, 1983
• Nemapogon scholzi Sutter, 2000
• Nemapogon scutifera Gaedike, 2007
• Nemapogon signatellus Petersen, 1957
• Nemapogon similella Gaedike, 2007
• Nemapogon somchetiella Zagulajev, 1961
• Nemapogon teberdellus (Zagulajev 1963) (= N. georgiellus)
• Nemapogon tylodes (Meyrick, 1919)
• Nemapogon variatella (Clemens, 1859) (= N. apicisignatella )
• Nemapogon vartianae Gaedike, 1986

Synonyms

Junior synonyms of Nemapogon are:

• Anemapogon Zaguljaev, 1963
• "Brosis" Hübner, 1806 (suppressed name)
• Brosis Hübner, 1822 (non Billberg, 1820: preoccupied)
• Diaphthirusa Hübner, [1825]
• Longiductus Zaguljaev, 1964
• Nematopogon Agassiz, 1847 (unjustified emendation; non Zeller, 1839: preoccupied)
• Paranemapogon Zaguljaev, 1964
• Petalographis Zaguljaev, 1962

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.

Gallery

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  Nemapogon clematella
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  Nemapogon cloacella
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  Nemapogon.granella
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  Nemapogon interstitiella
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  Nemapogon sp.

References

• Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS) (2008): Australian Faunal Directory – Nemapogon. Version of 2008-OCT-09. Retrieved 2010-MAY-06.
• Fauna Europaea (FE) (2009): Nemapogon. Version 2.1, 2009-DEC-22. Retrieved 2010-MAY-06.
• Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2004a): Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species – "Brosis" Hübner, 1804. Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2010-MAY-06.
• Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2004b): Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species – Brosis Hübner, 1822. Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2010-MAY-06.
• Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2004c): Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species – Nemapogon. Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2010-MAY-06.
• Robinson, Gaden S. [2010]: Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae (Lepidoptera). Retrieved 2010-MAY-06.
• Savela, Markku (2005): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms – Nemapogon. Version of 2003-DEC-27. Retrieved 2010-MAY-06.