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Tineidae 300157 – 0405   Tinea pellionella (Linnaeus, 1758)              Casemaking Clothes Moth

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: pellionella (Linnaeus, 1758) (Phalaena) - MONA 1983: 0405 albella Costa, [1836] (Tinea) demiurga Meyrick, 1920 (Tinea) gerasimovi Zagulajev, 1978 (Tinea) pelliomella; Dietz, 1905 (Tinea) missp. zoolegella (Scopoli, 1763) (Phalaena) Taxonomic Notes: Tinea pellionella: Introduced from Europe, Landry et al. (2013), Zootaxa, 3749(1): 17.

References

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced. Landry, J.-F., V. Nazari, J.R. Dewaard, M. Mutanen, C. Lopez-Vaamonde, P. Huemer, P.D.N. Hebert, 2013. Shared but overlooked: 30 species of Holarctic Microlepidoptera revealed by DNA barcodes and morphology. Zootaxa, 3749(1): 1-93. Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 2.23f; p. 48. Book Review and ordering Species Page at Block Island Moths Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at Mass Moths

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