Haplotinea insectella | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Tineidae |
Genus: | Haplotinea |
Species: | H. insectella |
Binomial name | |
Haplotinea insectella | |
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Haplotinea insectella, the drab clothes moth or fungus grain moth, is a moth of the family Tineidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1794. It is found in all of Europe, except Ireland, the Iberian Peninsula and the western and southern part of the Balkan Peninsula. [2] It is also found in North America. [3] The species is often found in warehouses, granaries, mills and farm buildings.
The wingspan is 11–20 mm. The forewings are light brown with dark spots and two discal dots. The hindwings are greyish brown with a purplish sheen. Adults are on wing from the end of May to the beginning of August, probably in one generation per year. [4]
The larvae feed on a wide range of animal and plant matter, including dried goods, cereals, grain, rice, nuts, seeds, rotten wood, detritus, animal waste, as well as fungi growing on tree trunks. [5]
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. Most of the tineid moths are small or medium-sized, with wings held roofwise over the body when at rest. They are particularly common in the Palaearctic, but many occur elsewhere, and some are found very widely as introduced species.
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Haplotinea ditella is a moth of the family Tineidae. It was described by Pierce & Metcalfe in 1938. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, France, Switzerland, the Iberian Peninsula and the western and southern part of the Balkan Peninsula.
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Tinea pallescentella, the large pale clothes moth, is a moth of the family Tineidae. It is found in most of Europe. It is also present in western North America, where it has been recorded from California. There are also records from South America and Australia.
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