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Cork Moth

Nemapogon cloacella

About

A small mottled brown and cream moth that naturally breeds in bracket fungi on trees. It occasionally becomes a pest in wine cellars by boring into corks.

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Did You Know?

Wine collectors dread this moth because its larvae can bore through corks and ruin entire cellars of fine wine.