:"Nematopogon" ''was also
invalidly established by Agassiz in 1847 as an unjustified
emendation
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* Emendation (textual), altering a word to make sense, e.g. when incomplete or assumed to have been copied incorrectly
* Emendation (zoology), altering the spelling of the ...
for the fungus moth genus ''
Nemapogon.
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''Nematopogon'' is a
genus of the
fairy longhorn moth
The Adelidae or fairy longhorn moths are a family of monotrysian moths in the lepidopteran infraorder Heteroneura. The family was first described by Charles Théophile Bruand d'Uzelle in 1851. Most species have at least partially metallic ...
family (Adelidae). Among these, it belongs to
subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end subfamily botanical names with "-oideae", and zoologi ...
Nematopogoninae, of which it is the
type genus.
Selected species
Species of ''Nematopogon'' include:
[FE (2009), Wikispecies (2010-MAY-09)]
* ''
Nematopogon adansoniella
''Nematopogon adansoniella'' is a moth of the family Adelidae. It is found in Europe.
The wingspan is 17–19 mm. The moth flies from late April to June depending on the location.
The larvae feed on '' Fagus sylvatica'', oak, '' Pr ...
''
(Villers, 1789)
* ''
Nematopogon chalcophyllis
''Nematopogon chalcophyllis'' is a moth of the family Adelidae or fairy longhorn moths. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1935. It is only found in Zhejiang, China.
References
Adelidae
Moths of Asia
Insects of China
Endemic fauna ...
''
(Meyrick
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Surname
* Edmund Meyrick (1636–1713), Welsh cleric
* Edward Meyrick (1854–1938), English schoolmaster and amateur entomologist
* Edward Meyrick Goulburn (1818–1897), English ...
, 1935)
* ''
Nematopogon distinctus
''Nematopogon distinctus'' is a moth of the Adelidae family or ''fairy longhorn moths''. It was described by Yasuda in 1957. It is found in Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. ...
''
(Yasuda, 1957)
* ''
Nematopogon dorsigutellus
''Nematopogon dorsigutellus'' is a moth of the Adelidae family or fairy longhorn moths. It was described by Nikolay Grigoryevich Erschoff in 1877. It is found from Siberia to Japan, Korea and northern China
China, officially the Peop ...
''
(Erschoff, 1877)
* ''
Nematopogon magna
''Nematopogon magna'' is a moth of the Adelidae family. It is found in Ireland, Great Britain, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Fennoscandia, the Baltic region and northern Russia.
The wingspan is 17–18 mm. The mid brown ...
''
(Zeller, 1878) (= ''N. magnus, N. variella, N. variellus'')
* ''
Nematopogon metaxella
''Nematopogon metaxella'' is a moth of the Adelidae family. It is found in most of Europe.
The wingspan is 15–17 mm. Head ochreous-orange, face whitish. Forewings shorter and broader, shining ochreous, indistinctly brownish - strigula ...
''
(Hübner, 1813) (= ''N. metaxellus'')
* ''
Nematopogon pilella
''Nematopogon pilella'' is a moth of the Adelidae family. It is found in almost all of Europe, except Portugal, Spain and Slovenia.
The wingspan is 13–16 mm. Head is orange, face whitish. Forewings less elongate, shining greyish- ...
''
(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) (= ''N. pilellus'')
* ''
Nematopogon robertella
''Nematopogon robertella'' is a moth of the family Adelidae. It is found in Europe.
Description
The wingspan is 14–16 mm.It is a brown-grey moth with long antennae. The dark wings have a clear mesh pattern just to the wing base and th ...
''
(Clerck, 1759)
* ''
Nematopogon schwarziellus
''Nematopogon schwarziellus'' is a moth of the Adelidae family. It is found in almost all of Europe, except Portugal, Slovenia, Croatia, Greece and Ukraine.
The wingspan is 14–17 mm. Head orange. Forewings long, light shining gr ...
''
Zeller, 1839 (= ''N. schwarziella'')
* ''
Nematopogon sericinellus
''Nematopogon sericinellus'' is a moth of the Adelidae family. It is found in mainland Italy and on Sicily.
References
Moths described in 1847
Adelidae
Endemic fauna of Italy
Moths of Europe
{{Adelidae-stub ...
''
Zeller, 1847
* ''
Nematopogon swammerdamella''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''
Nematopogon taiwanella''
Kozlov, 2001
Footnotes
References
* (2009)
''Nematopogon'' Version 2.1, 2009-DEC-22. Retrieved 2010-MAY-09.
* (2004)
Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species&ndash
''Nematopogon'' Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2010-MAY-09.
Adelidae
Adeloidea genera
Taxa named by Philipp Christoph Zeller
{{Adelidae-stub