Species Details

ABH: 12.026

BF: 236

Family: Tineidae

Subfamily: Tineinae

Taxon: Tineola bisselliella

Authority: (Hummel, 1823)

Vernacular: Common Clothes Moth

Account: Local in houses and farm buildings throughout the British Isles Characterised by reddish ochreous head and pale buff, unmarked forewings. Larva feeds on woollen materials, animal fur, feathers in bird nests and insect collections, living within a silken tube or tent, causing sufficient damage to be a serious pest in some areas.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 9 — 16 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 20 Apr (2018) — 24 Dec (2025)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant:

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/tineola-bisselliella/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 9

Individuals: 6

Earliest Year: 2006

Latest Year: 2025

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