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Family Tineidae - Clothes Moths

Moth - Acrolophus heppneri Tinea apicimaculella Hodges#0301 - Homostinea curviliniella Moth to blacklight - Acrolophus cressoni Lepidoptera --? - Acrolophus Acrolophus griseus? - Acrolophus Hodges #0317 - Speckled Xylesthia Moth - Xylesthia pruniramiella Tineidae
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Tineoidea (Tubeworm, Bagworm, and Clothes Moths)
Family Tineidae (Clothes Moths)
Explanation of Names
From genus Tinea Linnaeus, 1758.
Numbers
There are currently 9 recognized subfamilies in our area with an additional two potentially undescribed subfamilies. 190 species in 54 genera in our area (1). 15 subfamilies, 320 genera, and more than 3,000 known species worldwide.
Food
Larvae feed on lichens, fungi, and dead leaves.(2)
Internet References
Wikipedia--Tineidae
Natural History Museum-- Global Taxonomic Database
Works Cited
1.Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico
Pohl, G.R., Patterson, B., & Pelham, J.P. 2016. ResearchGate.net.
2.Hidden Company that Trees Keep: Life from Treetops to Root Tips
James B. Nardi. 2023. Princeton University Press.