Oriental clothes
Ceratophaga orientalis (Stainton, 1878)
Status not recordedbutterflies and moths
The oriental clothes (Ceratophaga orientalis) is a species in the family Tineidae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Singapore.
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Quick facts about the oriental 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 oriental 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 oriental clothes is listed for 1 country.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Is the oriental 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 oriental clothes classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classInsecta
- orderLepidoptera
- familyTineidae
- genusCeratophaga
- SpeciesCeratophaga orientalis (Stainton, 1878)
Synonyms Tinea cholaea, Tinea orientalis
Other names and names in other languages (1)
- Oriental clothes mothEnglish
Relatives of the oriental clothes
Other species in the same genus Ceratophaga.
Horn moth
Ceratophaga vastellus
Gopher tortoise moth
Ceratophaga vicinella
Indian clothes
Ceratophaga haidarabadi
CompareOriental clothes vs Horn mothOriental clothes vs Gopher tortoise mothOriental clothes vs Indian clothesOriental clothes vs Ceratophaga chalcodryas
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
Where does the oriental clothes live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the oriental clothes for 1 country: Singapore. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
What kind of animal is the oriental clothes?
The oriental clothes (Ceratophaga orientalis) 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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note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
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