Tineidae (family)

Clothes moths (Tineidae) at Geehi, NSW

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Identification history

Tineidae (family)	30 Dec 2019	ibaird
Tineidae (family)	29 Dec 2019	donhe
Unverified	29 Dec 2019	Jubeyjubes

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3 comments

GlennCocking wrote:

19 Jan 2020

Why is this a tineid? (I've been thinking it was going to end up "Inconclusive evidence.)

donhe wrote:

19 Jan 2020

Fuzzy head, looks like Tineola bisselliella?

GlennCocking wrote:

21 Jan 2020

Tineola bisselliella are plain light gold moths, head a little darker gold, sometimes with some dark scaling at the base of the forewing. No sign of the longitudinal streaking showing in this one. The apex of the forewing is quite rounded, this one seems to be angular. Its head scales don't seem woolly enough for a tineid, but I'm not sure what I'm seeing. What are those two horn-looking projection from the top of the head (I think)?

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Sighting information

At least 1 Abundance
27 Dec 2019 05:41 PM Recorded on
Jubeyjubes Recorded by
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Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Other moths Jubeyjubes Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

12mm to 25mm Animal size

Species information

Tineidae (family) Scientific name
Clothes moths (Tineidae) Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 692.37m Recorded at altitude
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