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Tapered clothes

Tinea lanella Pierce & Metcalfe, 1934

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The tapered clothes (Tinea lanella) is a species in the family Tineidae, order Lepidoptera.

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Quick facts about the tapered 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 tapered clothes live?

Not recorded

Is the tapered 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 tapered clothes classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyTineidae
  6. genusTinea
  7. SpeciesTinea lanella Pierce & Metcalfe, 1934
Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • Tapered clothes mothEnglish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the tapered clothes

Other species in the same genus Tinea.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the tapered clothes?

The tapered clothes (Tinea lanella) belongs to the family Tineidae in the order Lepidoptera.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Tapered clothes (Tinea lanella). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/tapered-clothes

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“Tapered clothes (Tinea lanella).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/tapered-clothes.

BibTeX
@misc{tapered_clothes_2026,
  title = {Tapered clothes (Tinea lanella)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/tapered-clothes},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}