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Gold-sheen Clothes Moth
Nemapogon ruricolella
Nemapogon ruricolella, the gold-sheen clothes moth, is a moth of the family Tineidae. It is found in Great Britain, Spain, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, the Czech Republic, Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, Greece, Ukraine and Russia, as well as on Sardinia. The habitat consists of woodlands, heathlands and commons.
The wingspan is 10–14 mm. It is very similar to Nemapogon cloacella but has paler brown forewing markings.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 522696.