''Tinea flavescentella'' is a species of
moth belonging to the family
Tineidae.
It is native to Western Europe.
The wingspan is 8–17 mm. Head with pale yellow hair tuts. Antennae just over half the front wing length. The forewings are greyish yellow with two or three grey-brown spots and a faint hyaline spot at the base. Hindwings grey. Certain identification requires examination of the genitalia.
[Petersen, G., 1957: Die Genitalien der paläarktischen Tineiden (Lepidoptera: Tineidae). ''Beiträge zur Entomologie'' 7 (1/2): 55–176.] Flies at night in August. It is found indoors where fur and wool goods are kept.
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Tineinae
Moths described in 1828