Nemaxera

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

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

Nemaxera betulinella

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