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Brown timber clothes

Monopis fenestratella (Heyden, 1863)

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The brown timber clothes (Monopis fenestratella) is a species in the family Tineidae, order Lepidoptera.

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Quick facts about the brown timber 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
Not recorded

Where does the brown timber clothes live?

Not recorded

Is the brown timber 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 brown timber clothes classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyTineidae
  6. genusMonopis
  7. SpeciesMonopis fenestratella (Heyden, 1863)

Synonyms Tinea fenestratella

Other names and names in other languages (8)
  • Brown timber clothes mothEnglish
  • piiloraatokoiFinnish
  • korhadéklakó ablakosmolyHungarian
  • Mažoji monopisLithuanian
  • Geoogde pelsmotDutch
  • moľa okienkovitáSlovak
  • fönsterbomalSwedish
  • PatrijspoortmotDutch

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the brown timber clothes

Other species in the same genus Monopis.

Skin moth

Monopis laevigella

TineidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the brown timber clothes?

The brown timber clothes (Monopis fenestratella) belongs to the family Tineidae in the order Lepidoptera.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Brown timber clothes (Monopis fenestratella). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/brown-timber-clothes

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BibTeX
@misc{brown_timber_clothes_2026,
  title = {Brown timber clothes (Monopis fenestratella)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/brown-timber-clothes},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}