1. PaDIL Species Factsheet Scientific Name: Tinea pellionella Linnaeus, 1758 (Lepidoptera: Tineidae: Tineinae) Common Name Case-bearing Clothes Moth Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/maf-border/Pest/Main/141493 Image Library New Zealand Biosecurity Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/maf-border/ Partners for New Zealand Biosecurity image library Landcare Research — Manaaki Whenua http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/ MPI (Ministry for Primary Industries) http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/ 2. Species Information 2.1. Details Specimen Contact: MAF Plant Health & Environment Laboratory - [email protected] Author: MAF Plant Health & Environment Laboratory Citation: MAF Plant Health & Environment Laboratory (2011) Case-bearing Clothes Moth(Tinea pellionella) Updated on 5/5/2014 Available online: PaDIL - http://www.padil.gov.au Image Use: Free for use under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY- NC 4.0) 2.2. URL Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/maf-border/Pest/Main/141493 2.3. Facets Commodity Overview: Horticulture Commodity Type: Kiwifruit Distribution: 0 Unknown Status: NZ - Exotic Groups: Moths Host Family: 0 Unknown Pest Status: 0 Unknown 2.4. Other Names Phalaena (Tinea) pellionella Linnaeus, 1758 Phalaena zoolegella Copoli, 1763 Tinea albella Costa, 1836 Tinea demiurga Meyrick, 1920 Tinea gerasimovi Zagulajev, 1978 Tineid Moth 2.5. Diagnostic Notes **Adult** Forewing shining, ochreous brown, strongly suffused with dark brown scales; discocellular, discal and plical spots dark brown. Hindwing glossy, pale greyish brown. Head with a tuft of brown scales; thorax brown; abdomen greyish brown; antennae simple, filiform. **Egg** Oval, with conspicuous longitudinal ridges; the surface covered with fine reticulation which is often only visible in the empty shell; laid singly on fabrics, etc. **Larva** Head reddish brown, margins and adfrontal areas often darker; a single oeellus on each side; body white; peritreme of spiracles pale brown; pinacula concolorous with integument, inconspicuous; prothoracic plate dark brown with paler maculation; anal plate concolorous with integument; thoracic legs marked with pale brown. In a fusiform, dorsoventrally flattened case constructed of silk and food particles. **Pupa** Yellowish brown; abdominal segments 4-8 each with a transverse dorsal band of small spines; 9th abdominal segment with a small dorsal protuberance bearing a few small spines; 10th abdominal segment with a small lateral conical projection on each side. **References** - Carter, D.J. (1984). _Pest Lepidoptera of Europe with special reference to the British Isles_. In: Spencer, K.A. (ed.), Series Entomologica 31. Dr. W. Junk Publishers, Dordrecht, 431 pp. 2.6. References - Carter, D.J. (1984). _Pest Lepidoptera of Europe with special reference to the British Isles_. In: Spencer, K.A. (ed.), Series Entomologica 31. Dr. W. Junk Publishers, Dordrecht, 431 pp. 2.7. Web Links Caterpillars: especially Australian ones: http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/tine/pellion.html 3. Diagnostic Images Tinea penllionella Tinea penllionella Dorsal - Adult: Justin C. Smith Ministry for Dorsal - Cocoon: Justin C. Smith Ministry for Primary Industries Primary Industries Tinea penllionella Tinea penllionella Head Front - Adult: Justin C. Smith Ministry Head Side - Adult: Justin C. Smith Ministry for Primary Industries for Primary Industries Tinea penllionella Tinea penllionella Head Top - Adult: Justin C. Smith Ministry Lateral - Adult: Justin C. Smith Ministry for for Primary Industries Primary Industries 4. Other Images LEP100 LEP100 Dorsal - Larvae: Caroline Harding MAF Headfront - Larvae: Caroline Harding MAF LEP100 LEP100 Headside - Larvae: Caroline Harding MAF Lateral - Larvae: Caroline Harding MAF LEP100 LEP100 Pro-legs - Larvae: Caroline Harding MAF Ventral - Larvae: Caroline Harding MAF Results Generated: Tuesday, September 28, 2021 .