Genus Tinea

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Print References · Works Cited

Casemaking clothes moth - Tinea pellionella

wool case from a casemaking clothes moth - Tinea pellionella

cocoons found in my closet - Tinea pellionella

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Tineoidea (Tubeworm, Bagworm, and Clothes Moths)

Family Tineidae (Clothes Moths)

Subfamily Tineinae

Genus Tinea

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Tinea Linnaeus, 1758

Ses Hübner, 1822

Autoses Hübner, [1825]

Acedes Hübner, [1825]

Edosa Walker, 1866

Chrysoryctis Meyrick, 1886

Scleroplasta Meyrick, 1919

Dystinea Börner, 1925

Monopina Zagulajev, 1955

Tineopis Zagulajev, 1960

Explanation of Names

From Latin tinea, a moth. (1), (2)

Print References

Borror, entry for tinea (1)

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

2.	An accentuated list of the British Lepidoptera, with hints on the derivation of the names. Anonymous. 1858. The Entomological Societies of Oxford and Cambridge.

Contributed by Claude Pilon on 23 April, 2007 - 10:00pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Randy Hardy
Last updated 7 July, 2014 - 11:11am

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