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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pygmy Leafmining Moths (Nepticuloidea) » Nepticulidae
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Webbing Clothes Moth - Tineola bisselliella
Copyright © 2009 Mike Quinn

Webbing Clothes Moth - Tineola bisselliella
south Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
February 7, 2009
Size: ~ 3 mm
Tentative ID...

At lights in a small mesic patch under an oak-willow canopy...
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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 7 February, 2009 - 9:28pm
Last updated 5 May, 2020 - 4:18pm

Moved
Moved from Webbing Clothes Moth.
… Aaron Hunt, 5 May, 2020 - 4:18pm login or register to post comments

tentatively moved to Tineola bisselliella...
The wider habitat may not be "right", but I did find it on a old musty blacklight sheet...
… Mike Quinn, 10 December, 2010 - 11:56am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Steve Nanz, 10 December, 2010 - 3:50am login or register to post comments

Not an ID but...
...take a look at Tischeriidae.
… Steve Nanz, 6 September, 2010 - 10:26am login or register to post comments

 
Also Found...
...similar moth here.
… Steve Nanz, 6 September, 2010 - 2:23pm login or register to post comments

 
Looks a lot like
Tineola bisselliella (Webbing Clothes Moth) to me. Can't say the habitat sounds like a good match, tho!
… Anita Gould, 9 December, 2010 - 9:42pm login or register to post comments

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