First early-stage observations for Tenaga Clemens, 1862 with notes on biology and distribution of T. nigripunctella (Haworth, 1828) (Lepidoptera, Tineidae)
Journal: Nota Lepidopterologica
Year: 2025

Early stages of the tineid genus Tenaga Clemens, 1862 are reported for the first time, for T. nigripunctella (Haworth, 1828). Its larvae were found within the shells of dead Garden Snails Cornu aspersum (Müller, 1774), feeding on the dried body tissues. Larvae of the moth have been found, but not reared, among a range of detritus substrates, with traces of likely feeding observed on dry mouse droppings, and in a dead Western Honeybee Apis mellifera Linnaeus, 1758. Adults of the species have been