016 Nemapogon cloacella

12.016 Nemapogon cloacella (Cork Moth)

ws:10-18mm; May-Sep; fly in early morning sun & late afternoon to dusk, common throughout UK especially in woodland.

Nemapogon cloacella §7 male

ID: The commonest and most widespread Nemapogon sp.
Head ochreous. Requires genital determination to distinguish from N.koenigi/ruricolella/granella
See Nemapogon for more info

Male genitalia: medial section of gnathos narrower and slightly shorter than the lateral section and has a distinct kink posteriorly towards its apex;
apex of the sacculus obliquely truncate with the lateral margin extending further than the medial margin; juxta with a medial notch

Female genitalia: A8 elongate; posterior edge of ventral lip of ostium with a midline protrusion

Variation
Dissection
Male genitalia
Female genitalia

§1 Hockley woods, Essex; 15/05/2008; male; fw 5.6mm
§2 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 05/06/2010; male; fw 6.0mm
§3 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 14/07/2008; male; fw 6.7mm
§4 Nethybridge, Inverness-shire; 12/07/2011; male
§5 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 28/05/2012; male; fw 6.7mm
§6 Romansleigh, Devon; 25/06/2016; male; fw 5.0mm
§7 New Forest, Hampshire; 17/06/2016; male; fw 5.5mm
§8 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; 10/06/2018; male; fw 5.7mm
§9 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; 14/06/2019; female; fw 6.8mm
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§10 Pound Wood, Essex; 23/05/2019
§11 Orlestone Forest, Kent; 18/05/2020
§12 Pound Wood, Essex; 15/06/2020; male; fw 5.7mm
§13 ??; 2020; male
§14 Pound Wood, Essex; 07/06/2022; male; fw 6.6mm
§15 Pound Wood, Essex; 07/06/2022; male