Brindled clothes
Niditinea striolella (Matsumura, 1931)
Status not recordedbutterflies and moths
The brindled clothes (Niditinea striolella) is a species in the family Tineidae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Japan.
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Quick facts about the brindled clothes
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- 1 countrysrc for Countries on record
Where does the brindled clothes live?
Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.
The brindled clothes is listed for 1 country.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Is the brindled clothes endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the brindled clothes classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classInsecta
- orderLepidoptera
- familyTineidae
- genusNiditinea
- SpeciesNiditinea striolella (Matsumura, 1931)
Synonyms Tinea pacifella, Tinea semidivisa, Tinea striolella
Other names and names in other languages (11)
- Brindled clothes mothEnglish
- NatugleredemølDanish
- pönttökoiFinnish
- szarumolyHungarian
- クロスジイガJapanese
- Šviesioji niditinėjaLithuanian
- gulhodereirmøllNorwegian Bokmål
- Smalle klerenmotDutch
- moľa osiaSlovak
- kattugglebomalSwedish
- Smalle vogelnestmotDutch
Relatives of the brindled clothes
Other species in the same genus Niditinea.
CompareBrindled clothes vs European house mothBrindled clothes vs Niditinea baryspilasBrindled clothes vs Niditinea contrariellaBrindled clothes vs Niditinea erschoffi
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
Where does the brindled clothes live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the brindled clothes for 1 country: Japan. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
What kind of animal is the brindled clothes?
The brindled clothes (Niditinea striolella) belongs to the family Tineidae in the order Lepidoptera.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
Wikimedia Commons contributors. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org (each file credited to its author under its own licence). - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service). - Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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