Tineola
Encyclopedia
Tineola are a genus
of insect, belonging to the family
Tineidae
. This genus includes the well-known Common Clothes Moth or Webbing Clothes Moth (Tineola bisselliella).
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of insect, belonging to the family
Family (biology)
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Tineidae
Tineidae
Tineidae is a family of moths in the order Lepidoptera. Collectively, they are known as fungus moths or tineid moths. The family contains considerably more than 3,000 species in over 300 genera. Most of the tineid moths are small or medium-sized, with wings held roofwise over the body at rest...
. This genus includes the well-known Common Clothes Moth or Webbing Clothes Moth (Tineola bisselliella).
Species
- Tineola anaphecola
- Tineola bisselliella
- Tineola capnogramma
- Tineola capnopis
- Tineola corticina
- Tineola crinella
- Tineola destructor
- Tineola dissociata
- Tineola diplobola
- Tineola ellipticella
- Tineola exsculpta
- Tineola flavofimbriella
- Tineola furciferella
- Tineola lanariella
- Tineola scotangela