''Triaxomera puncticulata'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

of the family

Tineidae Tineidae is a family of moths in the order Lepidoptera described by Pierre André Latreille in 1810. Collectively, they are known as fungus moths or tineid moths. The family contains considerably more than 3,000 species in more than 300 genera. ...

. It found in

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

(Honshu, Kyushu). The

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is 10–14 mm for males and 14–16 mm for females. Adults are on wing from mid to late May. The larvae possibly feed on decaying wood of ''

Fagus crenata ''Fagus crenata'', known as the Siebold's beech, Japanese beech, or buna, is a deciduous tree of the beech genus, ''Fagus'', of the family Fagaceae. Distribution and habitat It is endemic to Japan, where it is widespread and often one of the do ...

''., 2002: A new species of the genus ''Triaxomera'' Zagulajev (Lepidoptera, Tineidae) from Japan. ''Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan'' 53(4): 209-214. Abstract and full article

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Moths described in 2002 Nemapogoninae {{Tineidae-stub