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Monopis crocicapitella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tineidae
Genus:	Monopis
Species:	M. crocicapitella
Binomial name
Monopis crocicapitella (Clemens, 1859)
Synonyms
Tinea crocicapitella Clemens, 1859 Tinea amandatella Walker, 1863 Monopis cecconii Turati, 1919 Monopis dobrogica Georgesco, 1964 Blabophanes heringi Richardson, 1893 Tinea hyalinella Staudinger, 1870 Blabophanes lombardica Hering, 1889 Amydria prometopias Gyen, 1913 Blabophanes ptilophaga Enderlein, 1909

Monopis crocicapitella, the pale-backed clothes moth, or the bird-nest moth, is a moth of the family Tineidae described by James Brackenridge Clemens in 1859. It has a nearly cosmopolitan distribution. It was first described from the eastern United States.

The wingspan is 10–16 mm.

In western Europe, adults are on wing from June to October.

This species can easily be mistaken for Monopis obviella due to almost indistinguishable markings.

The capability of this species to infest human dwellings is unknown. Larvae of this species were found to not survive at 51% relative humidity, thriving at 93% relative humidity.

References

1. "Monopis crocicapitella (Pale-backed Clothes Moth) - Norfolk Micro Moths - The micro moths of Norfolk". Norfolk Moths. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
2. Reinhard Gaedike, 2019 Tineidae II : Myrmecozelinae, Perissomasticinae, Tineinae, Hieroxestinae, Teichobiinae and Stathmopolitinae Microlepidoptera of Europe, vol. 9. Leiden : Brill
3. ^ "Monopis crocicapitella | UKmoths". www.ukmoths.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-09-25.
4. "Understanding Clothes Moth Infestations". English Heritage.
5. Gerard, P.J. (1995). "An infestation of Monopis crocicapitella Clemens (Lepidoptera: Tineidae) in wool carpet". New Zealand Entomologist. 18 (1): 55–61. doi:10.1080/00779962.1995.9722006 – via Taylor & Francis Online.

• Petersen, G., 1957: Die Genitalien der paläarktischen Tineiden (Lepidoptera: Tineidae). Beiträge zur Entomologie 7 (1/2): 55-176.
• Pelham-Clinton E.C., 1985.Tineidae. In: The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland (Heath J & Emmet AM, eds) 2: 152-207.

External links

• UKMoths
• Lepidoptera of Belgium
• Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1978). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 9 Microlepidoptera. The University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7338.
• "Taxonomy Browser: Monopis crocicapitella". Barcode of Life Data System. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
• Lepiforum.de

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