Nemaxera

Genus of moths

Nemaxera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Tineidae
Genus:
Nemaxera

Zagulajev, 1964
Species:
N. betulinella
Binomial name
Nemaxera betulinella
(Paykull, 1785)

Nemaxera is a genus of the fungus moth family, Tineidae. Therein, it belongs to the subfamily Nemapogoninae. The genus is considered monotypic, with the single species Nemaxera betulinella placed here.[1]

Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 6

The species occurs in western Eurasia east of France; it is also found in Great Britain but appears to be absent from the Balkans. Its caterpillars feed mainly on fungi, namely birch polypore (Fomitopsis betulina) and turkey tail (Trametes versicolor). To a lesser extent, they eat rotting wood.[2]

Junior synonyms of N. betulinella are:[3]

  • Nemaxera emortuella (Zeller, 1839)
  • Tinea betulinella Paykull, 1785
  • Tinea concinnella Hübner, [1836]
  • Tinea corticella Curtis, 1834 (non Linnaeus, 1758: preoccupied)
  • Tinea emortuella Zeller, 1839 – type of genus Nemaxera

Footnotes

  1. ^ Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), FE (2009), Robinson [2010], and see references in Savela (2001)
  2. ^ Grabe (1942), FE (2009), and see references in Savela (2001)
  3. ^ Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), FE (2009), Robinson [2010]

References

Wikispecies has information related to Nemaxera.
  • Fauna Europaea (FE) (2009): Nemaxera. Version 2.1, 22 December 2009. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
  • Grabe, Albert (1942): Eigenartige Geschmacksrichtungen bei Kleinschmetterlingsraupen ["Strange tastes among micromoth caterpillars"]. Zeitschrift des Wiener Entomologen-Vereins 27: 105-109 [in German]. PDF fulltext
  • Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2004): Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species – Nemaxera. Version of 5 November 2004. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
  • Robinson, Gaden S. [2010]: Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae (Lepidoptera). Retrieved 5 May 2010.
  • Savela, Markku (2001): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms – Nemaxera. Version of 4 November 2001. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
Taxon identifiers
Nemaxera betulinella


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