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Case-making Clothing Moth
Tinea pellionella
20.8443, -86.9412
Field Notes
Description:
You can find them in every home in the south of México really small about 1 cm whit all the case, carry it´s home whit him, small worm inside a case moving on the wall and ceilings usually a big population we have to clean the ceilings very often. Photo take outside the house moving on a wall.The adults of this small moth have a wingspan of 9–16 mm. Their forewings are grizzled brown with one large and a few smaller indistinct black spots. The hindwings are plain pale brown-grey. The forewings, but especially the hindwings are surrounded by a hairy fringe.
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Habitat:
It is widespread essentially all over Europe, but also occurs (as an introduced species) in such places as North America and México.
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