Tineidae

12.026 Common Clothes Moth Tineola bisselliella (Hummel, 1823)

Local (becoming scarce)

Similar species:

Forewing: 4.5 to 7mm

Habitats: In and around houses, farm buildings, textile wool and fur stores.

Habits: Synanthropic.

Foodplant: The larva feeds from a silk tube on animal products such as fur, feather, hair, wool, blood and wool fabrics. It also feeds on dead insects, detritus in birds nests and detritus in nests of wasps and other Hymenoptera. It pupates in a spindle shaped cocoon.