Monopis crocicapitella
Species of moth
Monopis crocicapitella | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Tineidae |
Genus: | Monopis |
Species: | M. crocicapitella |
Binomial name | |
Monopis crocicapitella (Clemens, 1859) | |
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Monopis crocicapitella, the pale-backed clothes moth, is a moth of the family Tineidae described by James Brackenridge Clemens in 1859.[1] It has a nearly cosmopolitan distribution. It was first described from the eastern United States. It is particularly destructive of fabric and clothes.
The wingspan is 10–16 mm. [2]
In western Europe, adults are on wing from June to October.[3]
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References
- ^ "Monopis crocicapitella (Pale-backed Clothes Moth) - Norfolk Micro Moths - The micro moths of Norfolk". Norfolk Moths. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
- ^ Reinhard Gaedike, 2019 Tineidae II : Myrmecozelinae, Perissomasticinae, Tineinae, Hieroxestinae, Teichobiinae and Stathmopolitinae Microlepidoptera of Europe, vol. 9. Leiden : Brill
- ^ Maev Kennedy (22 April 2018). "How to avoid clothes moths: live in the east Midlands". The Observer. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
- Petersen, G., 1957: Die Genitalien der paläarktischen Tineiden (Lepidoptera: Tineidae). Beiträge zur Entomologie 7 (1/2): 55-176.
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- "Taxonomy Browser: Monopis crocicapitella". Barcode of Life Data System. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
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