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Species Hofmannophila pseudospretella - Brown House Moth - Hodges#1064

small moth - Hofmannophila pseudospretella - female

Brown House Moth? - Hofmannophila pseudospretella

Hofmannophila pseudospretella - Brown House Moth 1064 - Hofmannophila pseudospretella

? cloth moth - Hofmannophila pseudospretella

Hofmannophila pseudospretella? - Hofmannophila pseudospretella

420060 Hofmannophila pseudospretella 1064 - Hofmannophila pseudospretella

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Gelechioidea (Twirler Moths and kin)

Family Oecophoridae (Concealer Moths)

Subfamily Oecophorinae

Tribe Oecophorini

Genus Hofmannophila

Species pseudospretella (Brown House Moth - Hodges#1064)

Hodges Number

1064

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Hofmannophila pseudospretella (Stainton, 1849)

Oecophora pseudo-spretella Stainton, 1849

Litoides punctipinguinella Bruand, 1856

Gelechia improbella Walker, 1869

* phylogenetic sequence #030575

Size

Wingspan 15-26 mm. (1)

Forewing length 6.5-13 mm. (2)

Range

Universal. In North America, seen primarily from British Columbia south through California, with records from Nevada and Pennsylvania. (1)

Habitat

Requires a humid environment for development. (2)

Food

Larva is known to feed on a wide variety of dry materials, including bird nests, furs and skins, seeds, stored cereals, insect specimens, upholstery and carpets, book bindings and wine corks. (1), (2)

Print References

Clarke, J.F.G. 1941. Revision of the North American moths of the family Oecophoridae, with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 90(3107): 259-262 (1)

Hodges, R.W. 1974. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 6.2, p.128; pl.6.24-25 (3)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Wikipedia

UK Moths

Works Cited

1.	Revision of the North American moths of the family Oecophoridae, with descriptions of new genera and species J. F. Gates Clarke. 1941. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 90(3107): 33-286.

2.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

3.	The Moths of America North of Mexico Fascicle 6.2 Gelechioidea, Oecophoridae Ronald W. Hodges. 1974. E. W. Classey Ltd. and RBD Publications Inc.

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 15 October, 2006 - 8:15pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Randy Hardy
Last updated 17 June, 2014 - 12:36pm

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