__NOTOC__ ''Nemaxera'' is a

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of the

fungus moth Tineidae is a family of moths in the order Lepidoptera described by Pierre André Latreille in 1810. Collectively, they are known as fungus moths or tineid moths. The family contains considerably more than 3,000 species in more than 300 genera. ...

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, Tineidae. Therein, it belongs to the

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Nemapogoninae Nemapogoninae is a fungus moth subfamily of the family Tineidae. It was described by Hinton in 1955. Genera * ''Archinemapogon'' * '' Dinica'' * '' Emmochlista'' * '' Gaedikeia'' * '' Hyladaula'' * ''Nemapogon'' * '' Nemaxera'' * '' Neurothaumas ...

. The genus is considered

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, with the single

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''Nemaxera betulinella'' placed here. The species occurs in western

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east of

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; it is also found in

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but appears to be absent from the

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. Its

caterpillar Caterpillars ( ) are the larval stage of members of the order Lepidoptera (the insect order comprising butterflies and moths). As with most common names, the application of the word is arbitrary, since the larvae of sawflies (suborder Sym ...

s feed mainly on

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, namely birch polypore (''Fomitopsis betulina'') and turkey tail (''Trametes versicolor''). To a lesser extent, they eat rotting wood.

Junior synonym The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently. * In botanical nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that (now) goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linna ...

s of ''N. betulinella'' are:Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), FE (2009), Robinson

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/ref> * ''Nemaxera emortuella'' (Zeller, 1839) * ''Tinea betulinella'' Paykull, 1785 * ''Tinea concinnella'' Hübner,

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/small> * '' Tinea corticella'' Curtis, 1834 (''non'' Linnaeus, 1758:

preoccupied The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently. * In botanical nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that (now) goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linn ...

) * ''Tinea emortuella'' Zeller, 1839 – type of genus ''Nemaxera''

Footnotes

References

* (2009)
''Nemaxera''
Version 2.1, 22 December 2009. Retrieved 5 May 2010. * (1942): Eigenartige Geschmacksrichtungen bei Kleinschmetterlingsraupen Strange tastes among micromoth caterpillars" ''Zeitschrift des Wiener Entomologen-Vereins'' 27: 105-109

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* (2004)
Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species
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''Nemaxera''
Version of 5 November 2004. Retrieved 5 May 2010. *

br>Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae (Lepidoptera)
Retrieved 5 May 2010. * (2001): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms &ndash

Version of 4 November 2001. Retrieved 5 May 2010. Nemapogoninae Moths of Europe Moths of Asia {{Tineidae-stub