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Scientific Name: Tinea pellionella Linnaeus, 1785
Common Name: CASE-MAKING CLOTHES MOTH
Family: Tineidae
Common Family: Fungus moths
Food: The larvae feed on practically all items made of animal fiber.
Emergance: The domestic moths may emerge indoors at anytime of the year.
Status: Common
   
   


Collection Information:

Location Date Collector Identifier Number Stage OARDC Collection
Wooster, in living room of residence8/15/1948CRNCRN3A 
   

Members of the Tineidae Family:

Acrolophus arcanella (Clemens, 1859)
Acrolophus morus (Grote, 1881)
Acrolophus plumifrontella (Clemens, 1859)
Acrolophus popeanella (Clemens, 1859)
Tinea pellionella Linnaeus, 1785
Tineola bisselliella (Hummel, 1823)