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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 » Trichophaga » Tapestry Moth - Hodges#0413 (Trichophaga tapetzella)

Species Trichophaga tapetzella - Tapestry Moth - Hodges#0413

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Internet References · Works Cited
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 Trichophaga
Species tapetzella (Tapestry Moth - Hodges#0413)
Hodges Number
0413
Other Common Names
carpet moth
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Trichophaga tapetzella – Carpet Moth – (Linnaeus, 1758)
Trichophaga palaestrica Butler, 1877
Tinea tapetzella
Explanation of Names
tape(t) * Greek word for carpet(1)
Numbers
the only species in the genus for North America north of Mexico
Size
wingspan: 14-18 mm
Range
worldwide. Non native.
Internet References
~ mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu - Images.
~ lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com - Image, drawing & synonym.
~ en.wikipedia.org - Image and information.
BOLD - Barcode of Life Data Systems - species account with photograph of pinned adult and DNA sequence
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 17 November, 2010 - 9:16am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Maury Heiman
Last updated 7 April, 2011 - 10:42pm

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