Tineidae

12.022 Pied Fungus Moth Nemapogon picarella (Clerck, 1759)

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Similar species:

Forewing: 6 to 9mm

Habitats: The lower wooded slopes of mountains.

Habits: The moth occasionally flies in the day. It comes to light.

Foodplant: The larva feeds in bracket fungi and the surrounding dead wood, especially Alder Bracket Xanthoporia radiata on dead Alder trunks or Birch Polypore Fomitopsis betulina.