Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
BugGuide Gathering
Smoky Mountains
University of Tennessee Biological Field Station
August 8-10, 2008
 
Photos from the gathering
 
Photos from the 2007 gathering in Minnesota

TaxonomyBrowse
Info
ImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Tineoidea » Clothes Moths (Tineidae) » Tineinae » Household Casebearer Moths (Phereoeca)

Genus Phereoeca - Household Casebearer Moths

Classification · Numbers · Size · Range · Internet References
Unknown indoor inhabitant - Phereoeca unknown strange worm - Phereoeca Worm Thing? - Phereoeca uterella Casemaker Caterpillar - Phereoeca uterella Trailer (of) Trash - Phereoeca unknown insect found in animal dish - Phereoeca uterella unknown insect found in animal dish - Phereoeca uterella Name this bug, likes showers in Florida - Phereoeca uterella
Show images of: caterpillars · adults · both
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
No Taxon (Moths)
Superfamily Tineoidea
Family Tineidae (Clothes Moths)
Subfamily Tineinae
Genus Phereoeca (Household Casebearer Moths)
Numbers
1 species in North America (nearctica.com)
Size
adult male wingspan 7-9 mm; female wingspan 10-13 mm
Range
southern United States
Internet References
live larva and case image (Common Insects of Los Angeles Basin, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County)
pinned adult image of female P. uterella (Lyle Buss, U. of Florida)
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 8 August, 2005 - 3:41am

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2008 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by Iowa State University Entomology.

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Policy
Site Map
Contact