Interesting Facts
Description
Family Tineidae
'The Tineidae are a fairly large family
of the Superfamily
Tineoidea. These are small to medium-sized moths with wingspans of 0.7-3.6 cm. Adults
of most species are dark in color, and most have very rough head
scales
. Some are important pest species, and these are typically pale
, with or without markings. These moths typically have wings
that are broadly lancelike and somewhat rounded
at the tips
. In most genera, the venation
is complete
. Larvae eat a variety of food including dead plant and animal matter, fungi, wool, and similar materials
. Most larvae form cases similar to those of casebearers. Acrolophus species feed on roots
of grasses and form silken tunnels among them.
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Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
()
- A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
()
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Latreille, 1829
- Arthropods
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
()
- Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
()
- Heymons, 1901
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
()
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
()
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
()
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
()
- Cohort:
Myoglossata
()
- Order:
Lepidoptera
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Butterflies and Moths
- Infraorder:
Heteroneura
()
- Infraorder:
Heteroneura
(
- Order:
Lepidoptera
(
- Cohort:
Myoglossata
(
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
(
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
(
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
(
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
(
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 27-Jun-2005
Similar Species
Members of the genus Edosa
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Further Reading
- Meyrick 1921 Annals of the Transvaal Museum
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/Taxonomicon/]. Access date: Nov 23, 2005
- Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae (Lepidoptera)
- Robinson, Gaden (from Global Tineidae Moth Database).
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- Tineidae NHM: Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae (Lepidoptera). Release date: June 13, 2007
- Tineidae NHM: Global taxonomic database of Tineidae (Lepidoptera), 1.0, 2004.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3016222
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Tin-834
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 581458
Footnotes
- http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/taxonomy?f=59&sci=Tineidae&com=Clothes Moths [back]
