''Tinea columbariella'' is a

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belonging to the family

Tineidae Tineidae is a family of moths in the order Lepidoptera described by Pierre André Latreille in 1810. Collectively, they are known as fungus moths or tineid moths. The family contains considerably more than 3,000 species in more than 300 genera. ...

. The species was first described by Wocke in 1877. It has a

cosmopolitan distribution In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of the Earth, in appropriate habitats; most cosmopolitan species are known to be highly adaptable to a range of climatic and en ...

Description

Wingspan 9–15 mm. Head with rust brown hair. Antennae just over half the front wing length. The forewings dark grey-brown with a black spot on the disc and a basal hyaline spot. Hindwings light grey. Difficult to distinguish from '' Tinea pellionella'', ''

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'' and ''

Tinea svenssoni ''Tinea svenssoni'' is a moth of the family Tineidae. It is found in northern Europe (Norway, Sweden, Finland, the Baltic region), Russia, as well as North America where has been recorded from Québec. The wingspan The wingspan (or just spa ...

'' but the genitalia are diagnostic.

Biology

Flies at night (and comes to light) from June to August. Found indoors in lofts, barns, stables and the like. The case-bearing larva is whitish with a dark head and feeds on nesting material or feathers in birds nests.

References

*Gaedike, R. 2019 Tineidae II : Myrmecozelinae, Perissomasticinae, Tineinae, Hieroxestinae, Teichobiinae and Stathmopolitinae ''Microlepidoptera of Europe'', vol. 9. Leiden : Brill, 019 *Petersen, G., 1957: Die Genitalien der paläarktischen Tineiden (Lepidoptera: Tineidae). ''Beiträge zur Entomologie'' 7 (1/2): 55–176.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q13484294 Tineinae Moths described in 1877 Taxa named by Maximilian Ferdinand Wocke Cosmopolitan moths