Nemapogon Explained

Nemapogon is a genus of the fungus moth family, Tineidae. Therein, it belongs to the subfamily Nemapogoninae. As evident by its name, it is the type genus of its subfamily.^[1]

Species

As of 2007, 69 species of Nemapogon had been described. New ones are still being discovered on a regular basis:^[2]

Nemapogon acapnopennella (Clemens, 1863) (= N. minutipulnella, N. minutipulvella)
Nemapogon agenjoi Petersen, 1959 (= N. hispanellus)
Nemapogon agnathosella Gaedike, 2000
Nemapogon algerica Gaedike, 2009
Nemapogon alticolella Zagulajev, 1961
Nemapogon anatolica Gaedike, 1986
Nemapogon angulifasciella (Dietz, 1905)
Nemapogon arcosuensis Gaedike, 2007
Nemapogon arenbergeri Gaedike, 1986
Nemapogon asyntacta (Meyrick, 1917)
Nemapogon auropulvella (Chambers, 1873) (= N. auripulvella)
Nemapogon bachmarensis Zagulajev, 1964
Nemapogon barikotellus Petersen, 1973
Nemapogon bidentata Xiao & Li, 2010
Nemapogon brandti Gaedike, 1986
Nemapogon caucasicus (Zagulajev, 1964)
Nemapogon clematella (Fabricius, 1781) (= Alucita niveella, N. arcellus, N. auritinctella, N. clematea N. clematellus, N. punctella, N. repandella)
Nemapogon cloacella - cork moth
Nemapogon cyprica Gaedike, 1986
Nemapogon defectella (Zeller, 1873)
Nemapogon defrisiensis (Zagulajev, 1964)
Nemapogon diarthrota (Meyrick, 1936)
Nemapogon echinata Gaedike, 2000
Nemapogon flabellata Xiao & Li, 2010
Nemapogon flavifrons Petersen, 1959 (= N. kabulianus)
Nemapogon fungivorella (Benander, 1939) (= N. fungivorellus)
Nemapogon fuscalbella (Chrétien, 1908)
Nemapogon geniculatella (Dietz, 1905)
Nemapogon gerasimovi Zagulajev, 1961
Nemapogon gliriella (Heyden, 1865) (= N. cachetiellus, N. ibericus)
Nemapogon granella - European grain moth
Nemapogon gravosaellus Petersen, 1957 (= N. borshomi, N. gravosaella)
Nemapogon grossi Gaedike, 2007
Nemapogon hispanica Petersen & Gaedike, 1992
Nemapogon hungaricus Gozmány, 1960 (= N. pliginskii)
Nemapogon inconditella (Lucas, 1956) (= N. buckwelli, N. heydeni, N. thomasi)
Nemapogon interstitiella (Dietz, 1905)
Nemapogon kashmirensis Robinson, 1980
Nemapogon kasyi Gaedike, 1986
Nemapogon koenigi Capuse, 1967 (= N. wolffiella)
Nemapogon lagodechiellus Zagulajev, 1962
Nemapogon leechi Robinson, 1980
Nemapogon levantinus Petersen, 1961
Nemapogon mesoplaca (Meyrick, 1919)
Nemapogon meridionella (Zagulajev 1962) (= N. meridionalis)
Nemapogon molybdanella (Dietz, 1905)
Nemapogon multistriatella (Dietz, 1905)
Nemapogon nevadella (Caradja, 1920)
Nemapogon nevellus Zagulajev, 1963
Nemapogon nigralbella (Zeller, 1859) (= N. nigralbellus)
Nemapogon ningshanensis Xiao & Li, 2010
Nemapogon ophrionella (Dietz, 1905)
Nemapogon orientalis Petersen, 1961 (= N. falstriella)
Nemapogon oregonella (Busck, 1900)
Nemapogon palmella (Chretien 1908) (= N. oueddarella)
Nemapogon picarella (Clerck, 1759) (= N. acerella, N. picarellus, N. rigaella)
Nemapogon quercicolella
Nemapogon reisseri Petersen & Gaedike, 1983
Nemapogon rileyi (Dietz, 1905) (= N. atriflua)
Nemapogon roburella (Dietz, 1905)
Nemapogon robusta Gaedike, 2000
Nemapogon ruricolella (Stainton, 1859) (= N. cochylidella)
Nemapogon sardicus Gaedike, 1983
Nemapogon scholzi Sutter, 2000
Nemapogon scutifera Gaedike, 2007
Nemapogon signatellus Petersen, 1957
Nemapogon similella Gaedike, 2007
Nemapogon somchetiella Zagulajev, 1961
Nemapogon teberdellus (Zagulajev 1963) (= N. georgiellus)
Nemapogon tylodes (Meyrick, 1919)
Nemapogon variatella (Clemens, 1859) (= N. apicisignatella)
Nemapogon vartianae Gaedike, 1986

Synonyms

Junior synonyms of Nemapogon are:^[3]

Anemapogon Zaguljaev, 1963
"Brosis" Hübner, 1806 (suppressed name)
Brosis Hübner, 1822 (non Billberg, 1820: preoccupied)
Diaphthirusa Hübner, [1825]
Longiductus Zaguljaev, 1964
Nematopogon Agassiz, 1847 (unjustified emendation; non Zeller, 1839: preoccupied)
Paranemapogon Zaguljaev, 1964
Petalographis Zaguljaev, 1962

The genus name Brosis was first proposed by J. Hübner in 1806, but in a book - the famous Tentamen determinsationis ("Preliminary examination") - that was essentially an immense discussion paper and not a valid work of zoological nomenclature. When Hübner came to validly erect the genus in his 1822 genus list (Systematisch-alphabetisches Verzeichnis), it had already been used by G.J. Billberg for what is nowadays considered the Incurvariidae genus Incurvaria.^[4]

References

(2008): Australian Faunal Directory - Nemapogon. Version of 2008-OCT-09. Retrieved 2010-MAY-06.
(2009): Nemapogon. Version 2.1, 2009-DEC-22. Retrieved 2010-MAY-06.
(2004a): Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species - "Brosis" Hübner, 1804. Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2010-MAY-06.
(2004b): Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species - Brosis Hübner, 1822. Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2010-MAY-06.
(2004c): Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species - Nemapogon. Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2010-MAY-06.
[2010]: Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae (Lepidoptera). Retrieved 2010-MAY-06.
(2005): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms - Nemapogon. Version of 2003-DEC-27. Retrieved 2010-MAY-06.

Notes and References

Pitkin & Jenkins (2004c), FE (2009), and see references in Svela (2009)
FE (2009), Robinson [2010]
Pitkin & Jenkins (2004c), ABRS (2008), FE (2009), and see references in Savela (2009)
Pitkin & Jenkins (2004ab)