Tinea svenssoni

Tinea svenssoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tineidae
Genus:	Tinea
Species:	T. svenssoni
Binomial name
Tinea svenssoni Opheim, 1965
Synonyms
Acedes svenssoni Hübner, 1825 Autoses svenssoni Hübner, 1825 Dystinea svenssoni Börner, 1925 Tineopis svenssoni Zagulajev, 1960

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 is 13–18 millimetres (0.51–0.71 in). The forewings are uniform golden brown with a black spot in the distal third and a translucent bare patch near the costa at the base. Difficult to distinguish from Tinea pellionella , Tinea columbariella and Tinea dubiella but the genitalia are diagnostic.

The larvae live in bird nests, typically in the nests of cavity-nesting species, such as tits and owls.

References

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

External links

• Swedish moths
• Lepiforum de