Nemapogon cloacella
Korkmotte ( Nemapogon cloacella )
The Korkmotte, Nemapogon cloacella, is a butterfly (moth ) from the family of the Real moths ( Tineidae ). The species is also known as lock moth.
- 4.1 Notes and references
Features
The moths reach a wingspan of 10-18 millimeters and are characterized by a bright, brownish ground color, which is provided with a more or less regular black pattern.
Occurrence
The species is widespread throughout Europe and is found mostly in forests with dead wood. In North America, it has been introduced.
Way of life
The larvae live primarily in the growing on oak tree sponges or rotting wood. They appear as secondary pests in vegetable substrates such as cereals, dried fruit and mushrooms as well as corks in appearance. The caterpillars damage the bottle corks in wine cellars. When infestation cork dust is visible on the outer surface of the cork, the cork is pierced by feeding transitions. At the caterpillars parasitized the Raupenfliegenart Phytomyptera cingulata.
The moths fly mainly at dusk, occasionally they are also encountered during the day.
Flight times and caterpillars
The Korkmotte forms two generations, flying from May to September near oak tree with sponges.