Nemaxera information

Nemaxera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tineidae
Genus:	Nemaxera; Zagulajev, 1964
Species:	N. betulinella
Binomial name
	Nemaxera betulinella; (Paykull, 1785)

Nemaxera is a genus of the fungus moth family, Tineidae. Therein, it belongs to the subfamily Nemapogoninae. The genus is considered monotypic, with the single species Nemaxera betulinella placed here.^[1]

Illustration from John Curtis's *British Entomology* Volume 6

The species occurs in western Eurasia east of France; it is also found in Great Britain but appears to be absent from the Balkans. Its caterpillars feed mainly on fungi, namely birch polypore (Fomitopsis betulina) and turkey tail (Trametes versicolor). To a lesser extent, they eat rotting wood.^[2]

Junior synonyms of N. betulinella are:^[3]

Nemaxera emortuella (Zeller, 1839)
Tinea betulinella Paykull, 1785
Tinea concinnella Hübner, [1836]
Tinea corticella Curtis, 1834 (non Linnaeus, 1758: preoccupied)
Tinea emortuella Zeller, 1839 – type of genus Nemaxera

^ Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), FE (2009), Robinson [2010], and see references in Savela (2001)
^ Grabe (1942), FE (2009), and see references in Savela (2001)
^ Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), FE (2009), Robinson [2010]

[1] Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), FE (2009), Robinson [2010], and see references in Savela (2001)

[2] Grabe (1942), FE (2009), and see references in Savela (2001)

[3] Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), FE (2009), Robinson [2010]

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Nemaxera

Trametes versicolor

Fomitopsis betulina

Tineidae

Nemapogoninae

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