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Tineola bisselliella - Caterpillar
Funfact: It seems this image was taken from JD to have been used in:
Kip Will (2020) Field Guide to California Insects: Second Edition (fig.522, pg.350)
https://books.google.nl/books?id=1Fj0DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA350
''Tineola bisselliella'', known as the common clothes moth, webbing clothes moth, or simply clothing moth, is a species of fungus moth . It is the type species of its genus ''Tineola''. The specific name is commonly misspelled ''biselliella'' – for example by G. A. W. Herrich-Schäffer, when he established ''Tineola'' in 1853.
The larvae of this moth are considered a serious pest, as they can derive nourishment from clothing – in particular wool, but many other natural fibers –.. more
Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
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Uploaded Jul 11, 2019. Captured in Eisenhowerstraat 490, 6135 BD Sittard, Netherlands.
