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Nematopogon swammerdamellus


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Subspecies
No subspecies are recognized. The nominal taxon reaumurella has previously been regarded as a subspecies or separate species, but appears to be just an allelic color variant; it is included in the synonymy below.


Synonyms
Phalaena swammerdamella Linnaeus, 1758
Tinea swammerdamella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Nemophora swammerdamella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Nematopogon swammerdamella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Nematopogon swammerdamellus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Adela swammerdamella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Capillaria swammerdami Haworth, 1828
Nemophora reaumurella Peyerimhoff, 1870
Nematopogon reaumurella (Peyerimhoff, 1870)
Adela schwammerdammella auct. (misspelling)
Nemophora swammerdammella auct. (misspelling)

For a discussion of the "-ellus, -ella, -ellum" endings, please see Nematopogon pilellus.
Nematopogon is of masculine gender (pogon = greek "beard" m.), thus the formula-like species epithets should be adjusted to the "-ellus" form.


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Specimen photographed in Göttingen (Niedersachsen) on May 11, 2008.




Specimen photographed in Göttingen (Niedersachsen) on May 11, 2008.

 




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