12.026 Tineola bisselliella (Common Clothes Moth)
ws: 9-16mm (MBGBI2), fw: 5-7mm (Sterling & Parsons); Feb-Sep; animal materials including wool; formerly common and widespread through UK, now more local and much less common.
ID: Forewing and legs pale golden, head orange.
§1 Eskadale, Inverness-shire; 25/06/2022; female; fw 6.5mm; found indoors by day
§2 St Mary's, Isles of Scilly; ??/??/2022; female; fw 5.9mm; specimen provided by Bob Dawson
§3 Eskadale, Inverness-shire; 25/06/2022; male; fw 5.1mm; found indoors by day
§4 St Mary's, Isles of Scilly; ??/10/2024; male; fw 4.5mm; specimen provided by Ralph Parks
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 St Mary's, Isles of Scilly; ??/??/2022; female; fw 5.9mm; specimen provided by Bob Dawson
§3 Eskadale, Inverness-shire; 25/06/2022; male; fw 5.1mm; found indoors by day
§4 St Mary's, Isles of Scilly; ??/10/2024; male; fw 4.5mm; specimen provided by Ralph Parks
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 01/07/2022 (§1) - dissection images added 15/10/2022 | §2 added 18/10/2022 | §3 added 11/12/2022 | §4 added 14/11/2024