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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tubeworm, Bagworm, and Clothes Moths (Tineoidea) » Clothes Moths (Tineidae) » Tineinae » Household Casebearer Moths (Phereoeca) » Household Casebearer - Hodges#0390 (Phereoeca uterella)
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Unknown indoor inhabitant - Phereoeca uterella
Copyright © 2006 Jim Taczy

Unknown indoor inhabitant - Phereoeca uterella
Laguna Hills, Orange County, California, USA
March 17, 2003
Size: approx. 2cm
These little critters have showed up in my house within the last couple of months. I have absolutely no idea where they are coming from or what type of insect they are.

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Unknown indoor inhabitant - Phereoeca uterella Unknown indoor inhabitant - Phereoeca uterella
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Contributed by Jim Taczy on 17 March, 2006 - 11:41pm
Last updated 15 September, 2008 - 9:26pm

Moved
Moved from Household Casebearer Moths.
… John R. Maxwell, 15 September, 2008 - 9:26pm login or register to post comments

it does look to be a case mak
it does look to be a case making moth. They usually are close to the food source. Look on the ceilings in closets or even in main rooms for the cocoon to be hanging down. Also look under furniture for the cocoons if by chance the padding could be animal hair/feathers.
Lar
--- to email, get rid of the BUGS
… Larry Fluitt, 18 March, 2006 - 10:26pm login or register to post comments

Looks like a case-bearing clothes moth
see here and our info page. You're going to want to get rid of these - they can do a lot of damage if left unchecked. Got any wool rugs or coats or blankets?
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 18 March, 2006 - 6:41am login or register to post comments

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