Monopis crocicapitella

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Monopis crocicapitella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Genus: Monopis
Species:
M. crocicapitella
Binomial name
Monopis crocicapitella
(Clemens, 1859)
Synonyms
  • Tinea crocicapitellaClemens, 1859
  • Tinea amandatellaWalker, 1863
  • Monopis cecconiiTurati, 1919
  • Monopis dobrogicaGeorgesco, 1964
  • Blabophanes heringiRichardson, 1893
  • Tinea hyalinellaStaudinger, 1870
  • Blabophanes lombardicaHering, 1889
  • Amydria prometopiasGyen, 1913
  • Blabophanes ptilophagaEnderlein, 1909

Monopis crocicapitella, the pale-backed clothes moth, or the bird-nest moth, is a moth of the family Tineidae described by James Brackenridge Clemens in 1859. [1] It has a nearly cosmopolitan distribution. It was first described from the eastern United States.

The wingspan is 10–16 mm. [2]

In western Europe, adults are on wing from June to October. [3]

This species can easily be mistaken for Monopis obviella due to almost indistinguishable markings. [3] [4]

The capability of this species to infest human dwellings is unknown. [5] Larvae of this species were found to not survive at 51% relative humidity, thriving at 93% relative humidity. [6]

Male genitalia of Monopis crocicapitella. See the image description for characters separating M. crocicapitella from Monopis obviella. Monopis crocicapitella, Birmingham, England, 2014 (20932094036).jpg
Male genitalia of Monopis crocicapitella. See the image description for characters separating M. crocicapitella from Monopis obviella .

References

  1. ↑ "Monopis crocicapitella (Pale-backed Clothes Moth) - Norfolk Micro Moths - The micro moths of Norfolk". Norfolk Moths. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  2. ↑ Reinhard Gaedike, 2019 Tineidae II : Myrmecozelinae, Perissomasticinae, Tineinae, Hieroxestinae, Teichobiinae and Stathmopolitinae Microlepidoptera of Europe, vol. 9. Leiden : Brill
  3. 1 2 "Monopis crocicapitella | UKmoths". www.ukmoths.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-09-25.
  4. ↑ Zagulajev, A.K., 1990 Tineidae; in G.S. Medvedev (ed.): Keys to the insects of the europaean part of the USSR, Vol.IV: Lepidoptera, part 2 (english translation), Oxonian Press Pvt.Ltd., New Dehli, 1987
  5. ↑ "Understanding Clothes Moth Infestations". English Heritage.
  6. ↑ Gerard, P.J. (1995). "An infestation of Monopis crocicapitella Clemens (Lepidoptera: Tineidae) in wool carpet" . New Zealand Entomologist. 18 (1): 55–61. doi:10.1080/00779962.1995.9722006 – via Taylor & Francis Online.
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