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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Tineoidea » Clothes Moths (Tineidae)

Family Tineidae - Clothes Moths

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unknown strange worm - Phereoeca uterella Worm Thing? - Phereoeca uterella Trailer (of) Trash - Phereoeca uterella Tinea pellionella ? - Tinea pellionella Tinea pellionella ? - Tinea pellionella Carpet Bagger Caterpillar - Tinea pellionella household casebearer moth larva - Phereoeca uterella Household Casebearer - Phereoeca uterella
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
No Taxon (Moths)
Superfamily Tineoidea
Family Tineidae (Clothes Moths)
Numbers
15 subfamilies, 320 genera, and more than 3,000 known species in the world. At least 49 genera and 112 species in North America.
Internet References
Wikipedia.
Natural History Museum. Global Taxonomic Database.
Contributed by tom murray on 17 July, 2005 - 10:43pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Beatriz Moisset, anitagould
Last updated 12 September, 2008 - 10:27am

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