Tineidae : Nemapogoninae
Triaxomera fulvimitrella
TRIAXOMERA fulvimitrella (Sodoffsky, 1830)
Triaxomera fulvimitrella
TRIAXOMERA fulvimitrella (Sodoffsky, 1830)
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Life Cycle Guide
Description
Vernacular Name: Four-spotted Clothes Moth
Wingspan: 15-22mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - excluding (Azores,Balearic Is.,Bulgaria,Canary Is.,Channel Isles.,Corsica,Crete,Cyprus,Greece,Ireland, Italy,Luxembourg,Madeira,Malta,Portugal,Sardinia,Sicily Slovenia & Spain)
UK Distribution: England & East Wales - local : Scotland - common in the Highlands
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Woodland
Similar Species -
Observations: A fairly distinctive moth with the yellow head and forewings that are dark brown to black and have white patches,two on the costa and another couple on the dorsum. The fringe is chequered white and black.
The moth flies at sunrise and dusk and is attracted to light.
Wingspan: 15-22mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - excluding (Azores,Balearic Is.,Bulgaria,Canary Is.,Channel Isles.,Corsica,Crete,Cyprus,Greece,Ireland, Italy,Luxembourg,Madeira,Malta,Portugal,Sardinia,Sicily Slovenia & Spain)
UK Distribution: England & East Wales - local : Scotland - common in the Highlands
UK Conservation Status -
- Local = 101 - 300 10km squares
- Least Concern
- Tinea fulvimitrella Sodoffsky, 1830
- Tinea fulvimitrella Sodoffsky, 1830
- Not Specified
Habitat: Woodland
Similar Species -
- None
Observations: A fairly distinctive moth with the yellow head and forewings that are dark brown to black and have white patches,two on the costa and another couple on the dorsum. The fringe is chequered white and black.
The moth flies at sunrise and dusk and is attracted to light.
Photo Gallery
Larval Food Plants Worldwide
Note - Plants hyperlinked in red below take the visitor to the relevant plant page on"Plants for a Future" website where further information like photos,physical characteristics,habitats,edible uses,medicinal uses,cultivation,propagation,range,height etc. are clearly listed.
Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
- Fomitopsidaceae/Hymenochaetaceae - Bracket Fungi
- Inonotus radiatus - Alder Bracket
- Piptoporus betulinus - Birch Bracket
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Tineoidea Tineidae Nemopogoninae TRIAXOMERA Zagulajev, 1959 Triaxomera fulvimitrella (Sodoffsky, 1830) - Tinea fulvimitrella Sodoffsky, 1830 - TINEA fulvimitrella Sodoffsky, 1830 = Adela bohemanella Zetterstedt, 1840 = Tinea kroesmanni Stainton, 1855 - Sodoffsky, 1830,Bulletin de la Société Impériale of Naturalistes de Moscou : Title Page ; P.74 - n.10 pl.1.6. Tinea - Not Specified |