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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 » Tinea » Tinea pallescentella - Hodges#0404 (Tinea pallescentella)

Species Tinea pallescentella - Hodges#0404

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Range · Habitat · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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
Species pallescentella (Tinea pallescentella - Hodges#0404)
Hodges Number
0404
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Tinea pallescentella Stainton, 1851
Numbers
Size
Forewing length 6-11 mm. (1)
Range
California.
Australia and introduced to Europe. (1)
Habitat
Larvae are found in domestic and wild bird nest and animal carcasses. (1)
Food
The larvae are considered detritus feeders. (1)
Print References
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. pl. 2, figs. 17, 24; p. 48. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)
Works Cited
1.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 23 May, 2013 - 12:45am
Last updated 30 September, 2014 - 2:32pm

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