Nemapogon

Nemapogon
Adult Nemapogon variatella, Espoo, Finland
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Subfamily: Nemapogoninae
Genus: Nemapogon
Schrank, 1802
Type species
Phalaena (Tinea) granella
Linnaeus, 1758
Diversity
69 species
Synonyms

Numerous, see text

Nemapogon is a genus of the fungus moth family, Tineidae. Therein, it belongs to the subfamily Nemapogoninae. As evident by its name, it is the type genus of its subfamily.[1]

  1. ^ Pitkin & Jenkins (2004c), FE (2009), and see references in Svela (2009)