Seq # 170410030

Nemapogon granella (Linnaeus, 1758) Species

Last modified: June 15, 2023, 3:46 p.m.


A rather common species in Belgium, more observed in the northern part of the country.


Details

Classification
Family: Tineidae > Subfamily: Nemapogoninae > Genus: Nemapogon > Species: Nemapogon granella
Vernacular names
Gespikkeld kroeskopje (NL), Corn Moth (EN), Kornmotte (DE)
First mention in Belgium
De Sélys-Longchamps E. 1844. Énumération des insectes Lépidoptères de la Belgique. — Mémoires de la Société royale des Sciences de Liége 2: 1–35. On page 23 (as Tinea granella). view page
Status

Native


Distribution


Imago

Wingspan: 10–15 mm.

Museum specimens


Specimens in nature


Genitalia


Bionomics

The larvae live indoors and outdoors on very different products. (see host plants).
The adults come to light.

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Flight periods

The adults have been observed from March till early October.
Indoors this species has a continuous succession of generations.


Observed on

Host plant (species):
Piptoporus betulinus
Host plant (genera):
Coriolus
Substrates:
Stored products (grain, rice, nuts, etc.) and Fungi

The larva lives outdoors on various bracket-fungi like Piptoporus, Coriolus, Laetiporus and Polyporus. Indoors it feeds on dry-rot fungus like Serpula, on decayed wood, on wine corks and on a great variety of stored products like: grain, nuts and other vegetable products.

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