Webbing Clothes Moth at Melba, ACT
Identification history
| Bedellia somnulentella | 7 Nov 2025 | WendyEM | ||
| Tineola bisselliella | 14 Sep 2021 | ibaird | ||
| Tineola bisselliella | 14 Sep 2021 | kasiaaus |
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2 comments
ibaird
wrote:
7 Nov 2025
I'm not sure I see the striated atennae here that I I see in other B. bisselliella exzmples
WendyEM
wrote:
7 Nov 2025
I am going by the markings on the wings, posture, tufted 'hairdo' and eye caps. None of which Tineola bisselliella have. The left antennae is a bit striated. I think the problem is the field of focus.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.050222-35.208543
- Altitude 595.3m
- Places Melba, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 9 Sep 2021 11:50 PM Recorded on
- kasiaaus Recorded by
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kasiaaus NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Tineola bisselliella Other moths Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Tineola bisselliella Scientific name
- Webbing Clothes Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 703m Recorded at altitude
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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