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Tineidae

It is unfortunate from a PR perspective that several members of this family, and often the whole family, used to be known as clothes moths, despite only two common species whose larvae actually eat clothes. Helpfully the latest version of vernacular names reserves the term clothes moths for those that do eat textiles, giving more suitable names to the others (e.g. fungus moths, nest moths, etc.)

Several more to follow in due course...



Gold-speckled Fungus Moth Nemaxera betulinella

Nemaxera betulinella

Nemaxera betulinella



Tree Hollow Moth Triaxomasia caprimulgella

Triaxomasia caprimulgella Triaxomasia caprimulgella Triaxomasia caprimulgella Triaxomasia caprimulgella

Triaxomasia caprimulgella Triaxomasia caprimulgella



Coastal Detritus Moth Monopis imella

Monopis imella (photo by Laura King) Monopis imella (photo by Laura King)

Monopis imella (photo by Laura King) Monopis imella (photo by Laura King)