Praeacedes atomosella

Praeacedes atomosella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Genus: Praeacedes
Amsel, 1954
Species: P. atomosella
Binomial name
Praeacedes atomosella
(Walker, 1863)
Synonyms

Genus:

  • Antitinea Amsel, 1955
  • Titaenoses Hinton & Bradley, 1956

Species:

  • Tinea atomosella Walker, 1863
  • Tinea decui Capuse & Georgescu, 1977
  • Antitinea deluccae Amsel, 1955
  • Praeacedes deluccae
  • Tinea despecta Meyrick, 1919
  • Tinea malgassica Gozmány, 1970
  • Tinea seminolella Beutenmüller, 1889
  • Tinea thecophora Walsingham, 1908
  • Praeacedes thecophora
  • Titaenoses thecophora

Praeacedes atomosella is a moth of the Tineidae family and only species in the Praeacedes genus. It has a wide range and has been recorded from Europe (the Canary Islands, Cyprus and Malta[1]), Australia, Hawaii, South America and North America. The species has commonly been misidentified in various parts of the world.

The larvae feed on a variety of dead material such as clothes debris and pigeon dung. The larvae create brown larval cases. Pupation takes place within this case which serves as its cocoon. When the moth issues the pupa is extruded.

References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea

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