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Case-making Clothing Moth

Tinea pellionella

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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.
Wikipedia.

Species ID Suggestions

Plaster bagworm

Phereoeca uterella

Case-making Clothing Moth

Tinea pellionella

Comments (4)

Thanks very much Bayucca ! Always want to know about this species.
I am not 100% sure, but it might also be introduced and living now in Mexico.
Someone from the San Diego Natural History Museum told me they are the nymph (or something like that) of a moth that eats clothing. We have these here in San Diego, too.

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