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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Concealer Moths (Oecophoridae) » Oecophorinae » Oecophorini » Endrosis » White-shouldered House-Moth - Hodges#1067 (Endrosis sarcitrella)
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Moth - Endrosis sarcitrella
Copyright © 2008 slolsen

Moth - Endrosis sarcitrella
Portland, USA, Clackamas County, Pacific NW County, Oregon, USA
October 25, 2008
Size: less than 1/2"
I am finding one in my home on a random basis--maybe 1-3 times a month in no particular location--usually on a wall. I am the only person in the home and I have only one closet where all of my clothes are kept (no dressers). I just relocated my bedroom to another room and of course, cleaned out my closet and relocated clothes etc. At no time did I encounter these moths in my old closet. Nor did I find dead ones on the floor. I am confused by the white head and "shoulder" area. Please help me with this. Also, I have no carpeting in my home and regularly wash linens due to allergies.
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Contributed by slolsen on 25 October, 2008 - 5:12pm
Last updated 16 March, 2013 - 11:21am

Moved
Moved from Mompha murtfeldtella.
… John R. Maxwell, 4 September, 2009 - 2:53pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Charley Eiseman, 21 June, 2009 - 7:58pm login or register to post comments

Tentatively 1448 - Mompha murtfeldtella
Identified by Terry Harrison to who I sent the photograph, at MPG.

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… Bob Patterson, 15 January, 2009 - 6:28am login or register to post comments

 
My mistake
I must not have had my coffee yet, when I did this ID. This is white-shouldered house moth, Endrosis sarcitrella (Oecophoridae).
… Terry Harrison, 4 September, 2009 - 2:39pm login or register to post comments

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