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Nemapogon picarella, the pied clothes moth, is a moth of the family Tineidae. It was described by Carl Alexander Clerck in 1759. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, the Benelux, the Iberian Peninsula and the Balkan Peninsula.[2]

Nemapogon picarella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tineidae
Genus:	Nemapogon
Species:	N. picarella
Binomial name
Nemapogon picarella (Clerck, 1759)[1]
Synonyms
Phalaena picarella Clerck, 1759 Scardia acerella Treitschke, 1832 Tinea rigaella Sodoffsky, 1830 Nemapogon riganella Zeller, 1839

The wingspan is 12–19 mm. Adults are black and white. They are on wing from June to July.

Larvae have been recorded feeding on bracket fungus (including Piptoporus betulinus) and dead wood.[3]

Etymology

The species name is derived from Latin Pica (meaning magpie) and refers to the pied appearance of the adults.

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