Cork moth
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Cork moth ( Nemapogon cloacella ) |
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The Korkmotte ( Nemapogon cloacella ) is a butterfly ( moth ) from the family of Real moths (Tineidae).
features
The moths reach a wingspan of 10 to 18 millimeters and are characterized by a light, brownish basic color, which is provided with a more or less regular black pattern.
Occurrence
The species is widespread throughout Europe and is mainly found in forests with deadwood. It was introduced into North America.
Way of life
The larvae live primarily in tree sponges growing on oaks or on rotting wood. Secondly, they appear as storage pests on plant substrates such as grain , dried fruit and mushrooms, and on bottle corks. The caterpillars damage the bottle corks in wine cellars . When infested, cork powder is visible on the outer surface of the cork, the cork is pierced by feeding tunnels. The caterpillar fly species Phytomyptera cingulata parasitizes on the caterpillars .
The moths fly mainly at dusk, but they can also be found occasionally during the day.
Flight and caterpillar times
The cork moth forms two generations that fly near oaks with tree sponges from May to September .
swell
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nemapogon cloacella (Haworth 1828). Fauna Europaea, Version 1.3, April 19, 2007 , accessed on December 17, 2007 .
- ↑ Cork Moth. (No longer available online.) Hania Berdys, archived from the original on November 24, 2007 ; Retrieved December 17, 2007 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Thomas Kaltenbach, Peter Victor Küppers: Kleinschmetterlinge. Verlag J. Neudamm-Neudamm, Melsungen 1987, ISBN 3-788-80510-2
- ↑ Nemapogon cloacella Haworth (Cork Moth). (No longer available online.) Bioimages, archived from the original on September 29, 2007 ; Retrieved December 17, 2007 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
