Tinea trinotella Thunberg, 1794 Species
Last modified: Dec. 14, 2025, 7:57 p.m.
A rather common species in Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Tineidae > Subfamily: Tineinae > Genus: Tinea > Species: Tinea trinotella
- Vernacular names
- Gele pelsmot (NL)
- Synonyms
- Tinea lappella sensu auct.
- First mention in Belgium
- De Sélys-Longchamps E. 1844. Énumération des insectes Lépidoptères de la Belgique. — Mémoires de la Société royale des Sciences de Liége 2: 1–35. On page 24 (as Tinea lappella H.). view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Cocoon/pupa
Bionomics
Sometimes the larva makes temporary cases by the young larva or for moulding.
Pupation in a subcylindrical cocoon in the nest.
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Flight periods
The adults have been observed from mid-April till September, occasionally later.
Observed on
- Substrates:
- Nests of birds and Fur, horse-hair, refuse of animal origin
The larva lives in birds nests, occasionally on woollen material in the open.
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