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Species Nemapogon granella - European Grain Moth - Hodges#0266

Nemapogon sp. - Nemapogon granella European Grain Moth - Nemapogon granella Nemapogon granella European Grain Moth - Nemapogon granella Nemapogon granella European Grain Moth   - Nemapogon granella European Grain Moth - Nemapogon granella Tineidae: Nemapogon granella - Nemapogon granella   - Nemapogon granella
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Tineoidea (Tubeworm, Bagworm, and Clothes Moths)
Family Tineidae (Clothes Moths)
Subfamily Nemapogoninae
Genus Nemapogon
No Taxon (cloacella-granella-variatella)
Species granella (European Grain Moth - Hodges#0266)
Hodges Number
0266
Other Common Names
Corn Moth
Range
Europe and western Asia.
Food
Feed on grain and other stored products.
Remarks
apparently an introduced species.