Tineola bisselliella (Hummel, 1823)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Tineoidea → family Tineidae → subfamily Tineinae → genus Tineola → species Tineola bisselliella

Species name(s)

Tineola bisselliella (Hummel, 1823) = Tineola bisseliella (Hummel, 1823) = crinella (Treitschke, 1832) = destructor (Stephens, 1834) = lanariella (Clemens, 1859) = Tineola biselliella = Tinea flavifrontella Thunberg, 1794 = Tinea bisselliella Hummel 1823 = Tinea crinella Sodoffsky, 1830 = Tinea destructor Stephens, 1825 = Tineola furciferella Zagulajev, 1954 = Tinea lanariella Clemens, 1859. [3, 9, 10, 187]

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 1.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic, Nearctic, Neotropic, Ethiopic, Indo-Malayan, Australian.

Russia regions

#2. Kolsky; #3. Karelsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #6. Evropeisky Severo-Vostochny; #7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #12. Nizhnevolzhsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #25. Tuvinsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #31. Yuzhno-Yakutsky; #40. Primorsky.

Forewing length

5—7 mm.

Primary colors

Yellow, White.

Flight time

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Larva lifespan

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Detailed information with references

Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations

Tineola bisseliella. [3].

Distribution

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Iceland, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, the Soviet Union - the European part Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
Austria, Baleares, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, the British Isles, France, Germany, Denmark (mainland), Ireland, Iceland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), the Canary Islands, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madeira , Netherlands, Norway (mainland), the Channel Islands, Poland,Portugal (mainland), Russia, Romania, Slovakia, Finland, Croatia, Czech Republic, Sweden, Estonia. [10].
Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, the European North-East, the European North-West, the European Central European South taiga, Transbaikalia, Western Caucasus, Karelia, Kola, Lower Volga, Seaside, Mid-Volzhsky, Mid-Ural, Tuva, South -Zapadnosibirsky, South Ural, South Yakutia. [3].
The whole world. [5].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Length of front wing - only 0.5-0.7 cm. Wings without pattern, yellow, shiny. [5].
The wingspan of 9 to 16 mm. Color - yellow straw. [11].

General info about Imago

Initially he lived in bird nests and burrows of animals. Now nature is found on hedges, bushes, and more - in premises and warehouses with fabrics and furs. [5].
Most of the butterflies that we meet in a residential area - males or females that have already laid their eggs. Therefore, to run them is not necessary, but check things out for their caterpillars gnawing need. [11].

Imago lifespan

It flies from May to September, it is found in homes all year round. [5].

General info about Larva

The caterpillars feed on the skin, fur, wool; eat up in the feed substrate moves, criss-crossing web of them; it happens and pupation. [86].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Fur, textiles, dresses. [5].
The fur, wool, hair, bristles, dry insects, and sometimes even jam. [11].

Larva lifespan

Can occur year-round. [5].

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Andrey Ponomarev.

Text data: Peter Khramov, Shamil Murtazin.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

[1] O. Karsholt, J. Razowski (eds.), 1996. The Lepidoptera of Europe: a distributional checklist
[3] Каталог чешуекрылых (Lepidoptera) России. Под ред. С. Ю. Синёва. СПб.; М.: Товарищество научных изданий КМК, 2008
[5] Райххолф-Рим Х. Бабочки. М.: Астрель, 2002
[9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
[10] de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2011) Fauna Europaea version 2.4 (faunaeur.org)
[11] Жизнь животных по А. Э. Брему. Т.2: Членистоногие. М.: Учпедгиз РСФСР, 1941
[86] Горбунов П. Ю., Ольшванг В. Н. Бабочки Южного Урала. Справочник-определитель. Екатеринбург: Сократ, 2008
[187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org