The wingspan is 12–15 millimetres (0.47–0.59 in). 14-lG mm. The head is light greyish ochreous, fuscous-mixed. Forewings are light greyish-ochreous mixed with fuscous ; base of costa and a short basal subdorsal dash dark fuscous ; stigmata dark fuscous, elongate, plical forming a more or less extended dash along fold ; two indistinct whitish dots beyond second discal ; some cloudy dark fuscous terminal spots. Hindwings very pale grey.[2][3] Adults are on wing year round.
The larvae feed on keratinous animal matter such as hair, wool, fur or feathers.[4]
^Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
^Reinhard Gaedike, 2019 Tineidae II : Myrmecozelinae, Perissomasticinae, Tineinae, Hieroxestinae, Teichobiinae and Stathmopolitinae Microlepidoptera of Europe, vol. 9. Leiden : Brill
tinea, pallescentella, large, pale, clothes, moth, moth, family, tineidae, found, most, europe, except, iberian, peninsula, most, balkan, peninsula, also, present, western, north, america, where, been, recorded, from, california, there, also, records, from, so. Tinea pallescentella the large pale clothes moth is a moth of the family Tineidae It is found in most of Europe except the Iberian Peninsula and most of the Balkan Peninsula It is also present in western North America where it has been recorded from California 1 There are also records from South America including Argentina and Australia Large pale clothes mothScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder LepidopteraFamily TineidaeGenus TineaSpecies T pallescentellaBinomial nameTinea pallescentellaStainton 1851SynonymsTinea coacticella Zagulajev 1954 Tinea galeatella Mabille 1888 Tinea horosema Meyrick 1931 Tinea nigrifoldella Gregson 1856 Tinea semilineatella Knaben 1944 Tinea stimulatrix Meyrick 1931The wingspan is 12 15 millimetres 0 47 0 59 in 14 lG mm The head is light greyish ochreous fuscous mixed Forewings are light greyish ochreous mixed with fuscous base of costa and a short basal subdorsal dash dark fuscous stigmata dark fuscous elongate plical forming a more or less extended dash along fold two indistinct whitish dots beyond second discal some cloudy dark fuscous terminal spots Hindwings very pale grey 2 3 Adults are on wing year round The larvae feed on keratinous animal matter such as hair wool fur or feathers 4 References edit mothphotographersgroup Meyrick E 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan London pdf nbsp This article incorporates text from this source which is in the public domain Keys and description Reinhard Gaedike 2019 Tineidae II Myrmecozelinae Perissomasticinae Tineinae Hieroxestinae Teichobiinae and Stathmopolitinae Microlepidoptera of Europe vol 9 Leiden Brill UKmoths Gaedike R 2019 Tineidae II Myrmecozelinae Perissomasticinae Tineinae Hieroxestinae Teichobiinae and Stathmopolitinae Microlepidoptera of Europe vol 9 Leiden Brill 2019 Petersen G 1957 Die Genitalien der palaarktischen Tineiden Lepidoptera Tineidae Beitrage zur Entomologie 7 1 2 55 176 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tinea pallescentella nbsp Wikispecies has information related to Tinea pallescentella Lepiforum de nbsp This Tineidae related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tinea pallescentella amp oldid 1190072486, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
