Global taxonomic database of Tineidae (Lepidoptera)
Citation
Robinson, G. S. (. (2024). Global taxonomic database of Tineidae (Lepidoptera) (version 9.0, Nov 2011). In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, L. Vandepitte, T. Pape, D. Hobern, S. Garnett, H. Little, R. E. DeWalt, K. Ma, J. Miller, T. Orrell, R. Aalbu, J. Abbott, et al., Catalogue of Life (Version 2024-10-22). Catalogue of Life, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dfrdl-38lDescription
The Tineidae - the clothes-moth family - comprises more than 2,000 currently recognized species (with almost 3000 applicable names) of small to medium-sized moths. They differ from all other Lepidoptera in their unorthodox larval biology: most tineid larvae feed on plant or animal detritus, lichen or fungi. In addition to the data available in the Catalogue of Life, this database also gives information on where, when and by whom each taxon was described, and where the original type specimen(s) came from.
Taxonomic Coverages
Clothes-moths
Geographic Coverages
Global
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Gaden S (†) Robinsonoriginator
Adrian Hine
administrative point of contact
Natural History Museum
London
GB
email: adrian.hine@nhm.ac.uk