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Household casebearer

Phereoeca uterella (Walsingham, 1897)

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The household casebearer (Phereoeca uterella) is a species in the family Tineidae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Brazil.

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Quick facts about the household casebearer

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 household casebearer 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 household casebearer is listed for 1 country.

Brazil
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Brazil

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the household casebearer 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 household casebearer classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyTineidae
  6. genusPhereoeca
  7. SpeciesPhereoeca uterella (Walsingham, 1897)

Synonyms Phereoeca barysticta, Phereoeca postulata, Tinea barysticta, Tinea dubitatrix, Tinea pachyspila, Tineola oblitescens, Tineola uterella, Tineola walsinghami

Other names and names in other languages (8)
  • Plaster bagwormEnglish
  • עש הביתHebrew
  • Traça-das-ParedesPortuguese
  • ผีเสื้อหนอนปลอกผนังบ้านThai
  • atʃitʃiɁũiixwa
  • 衣蛾Chinese
  • 家衣蛾Chinese
  • 袋衣蛾Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the household casebearer

Other species in the same genus Phereoeca.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the household casebearer live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the household casebearer for 1 country: Brazil. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the household casebearer?

The household casebearer (Phereoeca uterella) 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.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Household casebearer (Phereoeca uterella). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/household-casebearer

MLA

“Household casebearer (Phereoeca uterella).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/household-casebearer.

BibTeX
@misc{household_casebearer_2026,
  title = {Household casebearer (Phereoeca uterella)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/household-casebearer},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}