Nematopogon pilella is a moth of the Adelidae family. It is found in almost all of Europe, except Portugal, Spain and Slovenia.Fauna Europaea
Description The wingspan is 13–16 mm.lepiforum.de A medium-sized, brownish or brownish-yellow moth with long antennae. The antennae are filamentous and white, in the male two and a half to three times as long as the forewing, in the female almost twice as long as the forewing. The head is covered with yellowish, erect, hair-like scales. In the male, the forebody and forewing are rather dark brown, rather dull, often with a more or less clear, light net pattern in the outer part. In the female, these are usually much lighter, brownish-yellow with a certain bronze-like sheen. The hind wing is grey without any conspicuous sheen, thinly scaled. Meyrick-Head is orange, face whitish. Forewings less elongate, shining greyish-ochreous or light fuscous, faintly darker-strigulated. Hindwings grey; cilia grey.Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Keys and descriptionLangmaid, J. R., Palmer, S. M. & Young, M. R. [eds]. 2018 A Field Guide to the Smaller Moths of Great Britain and Ireland [3rd ed.]Reading, Berkshire. British Entomological and Natural History Societylepiforum.de includes images Sterling, P. and Parsons, M. 2012 Field Guide to the Micro Moths of Great Britain and Ireland Dorset British Wildlife Publishing, 2012 - 2nd edition (Bloomsbury Wildlife Guides)Zagulajev, A.K., 1987 Adelidae; in G.S. Medvedev (ed.): Keys to the insects of the europaean part of the USSR, Vol.IV: Lepidoptera, part 1 (english translation), Oxonian Press Pvt.Ltd., New Dehli, 1987. To certainly determine the species of the genus Nematopogon dissection and study of the genitalia is necessary.
The larvae possibly feed on the dead leaves of Vaccinium species.microlepidoptera.nl They live within a movable case.Hants Moths
References Content in this edit is translated from the existing Norwegian Wikipedia article at :no:Nematopogon pilella; see its history for attribution.
External links
Images representing Nematopogon pilella at Consortium for the Barcode of Life