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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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Insect ID please - Phereoeca uterella
Copyright © 2014 Sandy Driscoll

Insect ID please - Phereoeca uterella
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
July 12, 2014
Size: 1/2 inch
Looks like a small leaf, however the 'head' protrudes from the end and moves. It has the ability to make the 'head' disappear into the body. (I don't know if I'm using correct terms)
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Contributed by Sandy Driscoll on 12 July, 2014 - 2:55pm
Last updated 27 November, 2014 - 10:12pm

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Household Casebearer…
See reference here.
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Household Casebearer ID
Thanks very much for ID'ing this! Now I guess I better check all my old rugs as I imagine this is what has been damaging them.
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