Nematopogon pilella is a moth of the Adelidae family. It is found in almost all of Europe, except Portugal, Spain and Slovenia.[1]
The wingspan is 13–16 mm.[2] 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.[3] [4] [5] [6] 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.[7] They live within a movable case.[8]
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