Infurcitinea argentimaculella
| Silver-barred clothes moth | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tineidae |
| Genus: | Infurcitinea |
| Species: | I. argentimaculella |
| Binomial name | |
| Infurcitinea argentimaculella (Stainton, 1849)[1] | |
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Infurcitinea argentimaculella, the silver-barred clothes moth, is a moth of the family Tineidae. It was described by Stainton in 1849. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, Portugal, Latvia, Lithuania and the Balkan Peninsula.[2]
The wingspan is 7–8 mm.[3] Adults are on wing from July to early August.
The larvae feed on lichens, including Lepraria species, growing on shady rocks, walls or tree trunks. They construct a lichen covered silken tube. Pupation takes place within the tube.[4]
References
- ↑ Robinson, Gaden S. [2010]: Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae (Lepidoptera)
- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ microlepidoptera.nl
- ↑ UKmoths
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