Tineidae : Tineinae
Tapestry Moth
TRICHOPHAGA tapetzella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Tapestry Moth
TRICHOPHAGA tapetzella (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Life Cycle Guide - Adult Only
Description
Wingspan: 15 - 22mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - excluding (Lithuania,Malta,N Aegean Isles,& Sicily ) : Moth is found worldwide
UK Distribution: Formerly throughout Britain but now absent from most of its original range,having hardly been seen in past 50 years
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Unheated Buildings : Outhouses : Stables : Gardens : woodlands
Similar Species -
Larva: Larva feeds on fur,hair,feathers and pellets,naturally occurring in birds' nests,wasps' nests,wool and other manufactured products,feeding within a silken tube
Observations: The moth used to formerly be widespread and locally abundant but now is proposed as a rare Red Data Book Species having almost vanished from its original range,hardly being seen in the past 50 years.
The forewings are dark brown with a purplish tinge in the basal half and white in the rest with scattered grey and black markings terminally.
Moth is attracted to light.
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - excluding (Lithuania,Malta,N Aegean Isles,& Sicily ) : Moth is found worldwide
UK Distribution: Formerly throughout Britain but now absent from most of its original range,having hardly been seen in past 50 years
UK Conservation Status -
- Proposed as future Red Data Book Species (Rare) (pRBD3) = 11 - 15 10Km squares
- Least Concern
- Tinea tapetzella (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Trichophaga coprobiella Ragonot, 1894
- Not Specified
Habitat: Unheated Buildings : Outhouses : Stables : Gardens : woodlands
Similar Species -
Larva: Larva feeds on fur,hair,feathers and pellets,naturally occurring in birds' nests,wasps' nests,wool and other manufactured products,feeding within a silken tube
Observations: The moth used to formerly be widespread and locally abundant but now is proposed as a rare Red Data Book Species having almost vanished from its original range,hardly being seen in the past 50 years.
The forewings are dark brown with a purplish tinge in the basal half and white in the rest with scattered grey and black markings terminally.
Moth is attracted to light.
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Tineoidea Tineidae Tineinae TRICHOPHAGA Ragonot 1894 Trichophaga tapetzella (Linnaeus, 1758) - Trichophaga coprobiella Ragonot, 1894 - TINEA tapetzella (Linnaeus, 1758) = Trichophaga palaestrica Butler, 1877 = Trichophaga tapetiella = Tinea tapetzella Linnaeus, 1758 = Tinea palaestrica Butler, 1877 = Tinea pulchella Fabricius, 1794 - Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : Title page : p.536 - n.253 - Not Specified |