''Tineola'' is a
genus
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of
moth
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s the
family
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Tineidae
Tineidae is a family of moths in the order Lepidoptera described by Pierre André Latreille in 1810. Collectively, they are known as fungus moths or tineid moths. The family contains considerably more than 3,000 species in more than 300 genera. ...
. There are two species, including the familiar
common clothes moth (''T. bisselliella'').
[''Tineola''.]
Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.[Plarre, R. and B. Krüger-Carstensen. (2012). An attempt to reconstruct the natural and cultural history of the webbing clothes moth ''Tineola bisselliella'' Hummel (Lepidoptera: Tineidae). ''Journal of Entomological and Acarological Research'' 43(2), 83-93.]
Species:
[
*'']Tineola anaphecola
''Tineola anaphecola'' is a species of fungus moth. It is native to tropical the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally ...
'' Gozmány, 1967
*''Tineola bisselliella
''Tineola'' is a genus of moths the family Tineidae. There are two species, including the familiar common clothes moth
Common may refer to:
Places
* Common, a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
* Boston Common, a central public park ...
'' (Hummel, 1823) - common clothes moth, webbing clothes moth
References
Tineidae
Tineidae genera
Taxa named by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer
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