Large clothes
Morophaga choragella (Denis & Schiff., 1775)
Status not recordedbutterflies and moths
The large clothes (Morophaga choragella) is a species in the family Tineidae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Austria.
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Quick facts about the large 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 large 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 large clothes is listed for 1 country.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Is the large 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 large clothes classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classInsecta
- orderLepidoptera
- familyTineidae
- genusMorophaga
- SpeciesMorophaga choragella (Denis & Schiff., 1775)
Synonyms Euplocamus mediellus, Morophaga boleti, Noctua boleti, Phalaena choragella, Scardia boleti, Tinea choragella, Tinea fungella, Tinea mediella
Other names and names in other languages (13)
- Large clothes mothEnglish
- mol horskýCzech
- Pryf Dillad MawrWelsh
- Skråstribet svampemølDanish
- pökkelökääpäkoiFinnish
- közönséges óriásmolyHungarian
- Grybinė kandisLithuanian
- penselkjukemøllNorwegian Bokmål
- PaddenstoelmotDutch
- trúdnikovec menšíSlovak
- snedbandad svampmalSwedish
- Pryfed Dillad MawrWelsh
- ElfenbankjesmotDutch
Relatives of the large clothes
Other species in the same genus Morophaga.
CompareLarge clothes vs Morophaga borneensisLarge clothes vs Morophaga bucephalaLarge clothes vs Morophaga clonodesLarge clothes vs Morophaga cremnarcha
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
Where does the large clothes live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the large clothes for 1 country: Austria. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
What kind of animal is the large clothes?
The large clothes (Morophaga choragella) 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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