Nemapogon

Numerous, see text Nemapogon is a genus of the fungus moth family, Tineidae.

As evident by its name, it is the type genus of its subfamily.

New ones are still being discovered on a regular basis:[2] Junior synonyms of Nemapogon are:[3] The genus name Brosis was first proposed by J. Hübner in 1806, but in a book – the famous Tentamen determinsationis ("Preliminary examination") – that was essentially an immense discussion paper and not a valid work of zoological nomenclature.

When Hübner came to validly erect the genus in his 1822 genus list (Systematisch-alphabetisches Verzeichnis), it had already been used by G.J.

Billberg for what is nowadays considered the Incurvariidae genus Incurvaria.