Common Names
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Common Names in Dutch:
Kleermot
Common Names in English:
Common Clothes Moth, Webbing Clothes Moth
Common Names in French:
Teigne Des Vêtements
Common Names in German:
Kleidermotte
Common Names in Italian:
Tignola Dei Panni
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.
'[1]
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,135 meters (0 to 3,724 feet).[2]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
()
- Aguinaldo Et Al., 1997 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
()
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Latreille, 1829
- Arthropods
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
()
- Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
()
- Heymons, 1901
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
()
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
()
- Class:
Insecta
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Insects
- 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
(
- Class:
Insecta
(
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
(
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
(
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Tinea crinella Sodoffsky
- Tinea destructor Stephens
- Tinea flavifrontella Thunberg
- Tinea lanariella Clemens
- Tineola furciferella Zagulajev
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Robinson, 17-Nov-2004
Similar Species
Members of the genus Tineola
There are approximately 23 species in this genus:
T. allutella · T. anaphecola · T. autochthones · T. bipunctella · T. biselliella · T. biskraella · T. bisseliella · T. bisselliella (Webbing Clothes Moth) · T. capnogramma · T. capnopis · T. corticina · T. crassicornella · T. culminicola · T. dissociata · T. ellipticella · T. exsculpta · T. infuscatella · T. lividella · T. moschias · T. paramima · T. scotangela · T. uterella · T. vittatella
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Further Reading
- Annals of the Carnegie Museum. [Pittsburgh]: Published by authority of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institute, 1901- ENG url p. 133, p. 550.
- Annals of the Entomological Society of America. [College Park, Md., etc.]: Entomological Society of America. ENG url p. 124.
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) ENG url p. 76, p. 85, p. 99.
- Check-list and bibliography on the occurrence of insects in birds' nests. Ames, Iowa State College Press[1959] ENG url p. 277, p. 340, p. 492, p. 512, p. 513, p. 517.
- Culture methods for invertebrate animals; a compendium prepared cooperatively by American zoologists under the direction of a committee from Section F of the American Association for the Advancement of Science [by] Paul S. Galtsoff, Frank E. New York, Dover Publications[1959] ENG url p. 340.
- Entomological news. [Philadelphia]American Entomological Society, 1925- ENG url p. 213, p. 231, p. 26, p. 274, p. 285, p. 90, p. 99.
- Experiment station record. Washington: G.P.O., 1889-1946. ENG url p. 1241.
- General zoology [by] Mary J. Guthrie [and] John M. Anderson. New York, Wiley[1957] ENG url p. 469.
- Miscellaneous contributions, micro-lepidoptera, 1902-10 / Kearfott. [s.l.: s.n., 1902-10]. ENG url p. 124.
- Principles of animal ecology, by W. C. Allee [and others] Philadelphia, Saunders Co., 1949. ENG url p. 757.
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] ENG url p. 4, p. 709, p. 938.
- The Biological bulletin. Woods Hole, Mass.: Marine Biological Laboratory, ENG url p. 384.
- The University of Kansas science bulletin. [Lawrence]: University of Kansas, 1902-1996. ENG url p. 331.
- The lipids, their chemistry and biochemistry. New York, Interscience Publishers, 1951-57. ENG url p. 488, p. 489.
- The moth book; a popular guide to a knowledge of the moths of North America, by W.J. Holland with forty-eight plates in color photography, and numerous illustrations in the text, reproducing specimens in the collection of the author, and in various pu New York, Doubleday, Page & company, 1903. ENG url p. 432.
- The viruses; biochemical, biological, and biophysical properties, edited by F. M. Burnet [and] W. M. Stanley. New York, Academic Press, 1959. ENG url p. 372, p. 375, p. 425.
- The vitamin B complex. New York, Wiley, 1951. ENG url p. 205, p. 686.
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.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed November 1, 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 4 providers.
- Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae (Lepidoptera)
- Opler, Paul A., Kelly Lotts, and Thomas Naberhaus, coordinators. 2009. Butterflies and Moths of North America. Bozeman, MT: Big Sky Institute. http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/ (Version of April 17, 2009).
- Robinson, Gaden (from Global Tineidae Moth Database).
- Tineidae NHM: Global taxonomic database of Tineidae (Lepidoptera), 1.0, 2004.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 27, 2008:
- Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen: Biologiezentrum Linz
- GBIF-Sweden: Bugs (GBIF-SE:Artdatabanken)
- GBIF-Sweden: Lepidoptera (Observations)
- GBIF-Sweden: Lepidoptera (Specimens NRM)
- inatura - Erlebnis Naturschau Dornbirn
- Natural History Museum, University of Oslo: Norwegian Lepidoptera collection, Oslo
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3867788
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Tin-406
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14495925
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 582230
Footnotes
- http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/taxonomy?f=59&sci=Tineidae&com=Clothes Moths [back]
- Mean = 410.920 meters (1,348.163 feet), Standard Deviation = 405.600 based on 36 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
