Many-lined Nemapogon

Nemapogon multistriatella · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Tineidae

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Many-lined Nemapogon
Photo: iNaturalist user, CC0

The many-lined nemapogon is a moth belonging to the family Tineidae. It occurs in North America, with records from several U.S. states and Ontario, Canada.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

It is a moth in the family Tineidae.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

Its recorded locations span several U.S. states and Ontario, Canada.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

It is found in North America, including Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Oklahoma, South Carolina, West Virginia, and Ontario.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 14 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Texas, Alabama, Oklahoma, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, West Virginia, Minnesota.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

Status: native in North America; native in Canada; native in United States. Source: iNaturalist

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Many-lined Nemapogon photo 2
Photo: iNaturalist user, CC0
Many-lined Nemapogon photo 3
Photo: Annika Lindqvist, CC BY
Many-lined Nemapogon photo 4
Photo: Annika Lindqvist, CC BY
Many-lined Nemapogon photo 5
Photo: David Dodd, CC BY

Same family (Tineidae)

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Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemapogon_multistriatella

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-29 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-29.

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