Tineidae : Tineinae
Tinea semifulvella
TINEA semifulvella Haworth, 1828
Tinea semifulvella
TINEA semifulvella Haworth, 1828
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Life Cycle Guide - Adult Only
Description
Vernacular Name: Fulvous Clothes Moth
Wingspan: 14-22mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - excluding (Azores,Balearis Is.,Canary Is.,Corsica,Crete,Croatia,Cyprus,Greece,Madeira,Malta,Portugal,
Sardinia,Sicily & Slovenia)
UK Distribution: Common throughout much of Britain and Ireland
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Woodland : Hedgerows : Gardens : Grassland : Heathland : Farmland
Similar Species -
Observations: Head reddish orange. The forewing is greyish yellow with the apical area orange-brown, the colour sometimes extending across the forewing.Another identifying mark is the dark brown tornal spot.
Similar to T.trinotella althouth this species does not have the mottled reddish orange head.
Flying between May and October this moth is attracted to light and often found in the moth trap.
Wingspan: 14-22mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - excluding (Azores,Balearis Is.,Canary Is.,Corsica,Crete,Croatia,Cyprus,Greece,Madeira,Malta,Portugal,
Sardinia,Sicily & Slovenia)
UK Distribution: Common throughout much of Britain and Ireland
UK Conservation Status -
- Common = > 300 10km squares
- Least Concern
- Tinea semifulvella Haworth, 1828
- Phalaena pellionella Linnaeus, 1758
- Not Specified
Habitat: Woodland : Hedgerows : Gardens : Grassland : Heathland : Farmland
Similar Species -
- Tinea trinotella Thunberg, 1794
Observations: Head reddish orange. The forewing is greyish yellow with the apical area orange-brown, the colour sometimes extending across the forewing.Another identifying mark is the dark brown tornal spot.
Similar to T.trinotella althouth this species does not have the mottled reddish orange head.
Flying between May and October this moth is attracted to light and often found in the moth trap.
Photo Gallery
Larval Food Plants Worldwide
Larva feeds on detritus from old bird's nests on feathers,fur and sheep's wool and occasional animal carcases,preferring natural fibers
Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Tineoidea Tineidae Tineinae TINEA Linnaeus, 1758 Tinea semifulvella Haworth, 1828 - Phalaena pellionella Linnaeus, 1758 - TINEA semifulvella Haworth, 1828 - TINEA Linnaeus, 1758 = Autoses Hübner 1825 = Tineopis Zagulajev 1960 = Acedes Hübner 1825 = Dystinea Börner 1925 - Lepidoptera Britannica (4): Title Page : p.561 - 562 - n.2 - Not Specified |