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Oak clothes

Nemapogon picarella (Clerck, 1759)

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The oak clothes (Nemapogon picarella) is a species in the family Tineidae, order Lepidoptera.

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Quick facts about the oak clothes

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the oak clothes live?

Not recorded

Is the oak clothes endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the oak clothes classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyTineidae
  6. genusNemapogon
  7. SpeciesNemapogon picarella (Clerck, 1759)

Synonyms Phalaena picarella, Scardia acerella, Tinea rigaella

Other names and names in other languages (12)
  • Pied clothesEnglish
  • Pied clothes mothEnglish
  • Pied tineid mothEnglish
  • Pryf Dillad y DeriWelsh
  • PoresvampemølDanish
  • tuohikääpäkoiFinnish
  • nagy gombamolyHungarian
  • Dėmėtasis nemapogonisLithuanian
  • svartstripet kjukemøllNorwegian Bokmål
  • moľa PicarovaSlovak
  • skatsvampmalSwedish
  • Pryfed Dillad y DeriWelsh

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the oak clothes

Other species in the same genus Nemapogon.

Corn moth

Nemapogon granella

TineidaeNo free photo yet

Cork moth

Nemapogon cloacella

TineidaeNo free photo yet

CompareOak clothes vs Corn mothOak clothes vs Cork mothOak clothes vs Pale corn clothesOak clothes vs Barred white clothes

Common questions

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What kind of animal is the oak clothes?

The oak clothes (Nemapogon picarella) belongs to the family Tineidae in the order Lepidoptera.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Oak clothes (Nemapogon picarella). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/oak-clothes

MLA

“Oak clothes (Nemapogon picarella).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/oak-clothes.

BibTeX
@misc{oak_clothes_2026,
  title = {Oak clothes (Nemapogon picarella)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/oak-clothes},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}