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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) » Myrmecozelinae
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Clothes Moth
Copyright © 2010 Robert Lord Zimlich

Clothes Moth
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
December 16, 2010
Size: ~8mm
I find so many that look similar to this moth: Tinea, Doleromorpha, Nemapogon. It even resembles my Homostinea curviliniella. The more I search, the more they start looking alike. Conclusion? I must be looking in the wrong places. Appreciate some guidance. Thanks.
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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 17 December, 2010 - 7:16am
Last updated 17 July, 2023 - 12:32pm

Moved
Moved from Tineinae.
… Aaron Hunt, 14 April, 2023 - 11:57pm login or register to post comments

Moved to Tineinae
Moved from Tinea apicimaculella.

I'm still not sure what this is but am having a hard time making it Tinea apicimaculella.
… Steve Nanz, 15 January, 2015 - 3:34am login or register to post comments

Not Sure
I don't think this is Tinea apicimaculella but am not sure. The image for T. unomaculella looks possible but I'm not even sure of the genus.

Edit - check out google images from Europe of Haplotinea insectella.
… Steve Nanz, 12 January, 2015 - 4:50am login or register to post comments

 
Haplotinea insectella.
Haplotinea insectella looks spot on, not to say it might not look like something, also. Even matches BOLD images.
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 5 March, 2015 - 7:48pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 12 August, 2011 - 12:50pm login or register to post comments

I can relate
with the "the more they start looking alike!" No guidance but I think you are in the right place. Just under represented in our on-line resources.
… Steve Scott, 17 December, 2010 - 6:59pm login or register to post comments

 
Keep The Faith
Winter is the time for "cleaning up" our posts. This is fortunate, as the rest of the year, I cannot go to sleep thinking I might miss something. Thanks again for your help, Steve
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 17 December, 2010 - 9:58pm login or register to post comments

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