Tineidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Superfamilia: Tineoidea

Familia: Tineidae
Subfamiliae (16): Dryadaulinae – Erechthiinae – Euplocaminae – Hapsiferinae – Harmacloninae – Hieroxestinae – Meessiinae – Myrmecozelinae – Nemapogoninae – Perissomasticinae – Scardiinae – Setomorphinae – Siloscinae – Stathmopolitinae – Teichobiinae – Tineinae

Overview of genera: Acanthocheira – Acritotilpha – Afghanotinea – Amathyntis – Ancystrocheira – Antigambra – Antipolistes – Antitinea – Apoecis – Apreta – Architinea – Archyala – Argyrocorys – Astrogenes – Axiagasta – Barymochtha – Basanasca – Bascantis – Brithyceros – Catalectis – Catapsilothrix – Cataxipha – Catazetema – Cervaria – Chionoreas – Clepticodes – Colpocrita – Compsocrita – Contralissa – Cosmeombra – Criticonoma – Cryphiotechna – Crypsitricha – Cubotinea – Cycloponympha – Dasmophora – Dicanica – Dolerothera – Drimylastis – Drosica – Dyotopasta – Ecpeptamena – Ellochotis – Endeixis – Endophthora – Endromarmata – Ephedroxena – Episyrta – Eretmobela – Eriozancla – Erysimaga – Eschatotypa – Eucrotala – Eugennaea – Euprora – Exonomasis – Glaucostolella – Gourbia – Graphidivalva – Habrophila – Hapalothyma – Harmotona – Hecatompeda – Heterostasis – Hilaroptera – Histiovalva – Homalopsycha – Homodoxus – Hoplocentra – Hyalaula – Hypoplesia – Kariosa – Leptonoma – Lepyrotica – Leucophasma – Lindera – Lithopsaestis – Lysiphragma – Lysitona – Marmaroxena – Melodryas – Merunympha – Miarotagmata – Minicorona – Monachoptilas – Mythoplastis – Nesophylacella – Nonischnoscia – Nothogenes – Ochetoxena – Ogmocoma – Otochares – Oxymachaeris – Pachydyta – Panthytarcha – Pedaliotis – Pelecystola – Peristactis – Petasactis – Pezetaera – Philagraulella – Phryganeopsis – Plaesiostola – Plemyristis – Polypsecta – Probatostola – Proboloptila – Prophalonia – Protagophleps – Protaphreutis – Prothinodes – Pseudurgis – Randominta – Ranohira – Rungsiodes – Sagephora – Sciomystis – Setiarcha – Spatularia – Sphecioses – Syncraternis – Syngeneta – Syrmologa – Taeniodictys – Tephrosara – Tetanostola – Thallostoma – Thisizima – Thomictis – Thyrsochares – Tineitella – Tineolamima – Tomara – Trachypsamma – Trachyrrhopala – Trachytyla – Transmixta – Trichearias – Trierostola – Trithamnora – Xylesthia – Xyloscopa – Xystrologa – Zonochares – Zymologa – †Dysmasiites – †Electromeessia – †Glessoscardia – †Martynea – †Monopibaltia – †Palaeoinfurcitinea – †Palaeoscardiites – †Palaeotinea – †Paratriaxomasia – †Proscardiites – †Pseudocephitinea – †Scardiites – †Simulotinea – †Stryphnodes – †Tillyardinea – †Tineosemopsis
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Name

Tineidae Latreille, 1810

Type genus: Tinea Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms

Tineites Latreille, 1810, Consid. gén. Anim. Crust. Arach. Ins.: 347, 363. [incorrect original spelling]
Tinearia Gravenhost, 1843, Vergleich. Zool.: 167. [subsequent misspelling]
Tineariae Zetterstedt, 1840, Ins. lapp.: vi, 990. [subsequent misspelling]
Tineida [Leach, 1815], in Brewster's Edinburgh Ency. 9(1): 133. [subsequent misspelling]

References

Latreille, P.A. 1810. Considérations générales sur l'ordre naturel des animaux composant les classes des crustacés, des arachnides, et des insectes : avec un tableau méthodique de leurs genres, disposés en familles. Paris: Schoell, 444 pp. BHL Reference page.
Carpenter, F.M. 1992. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part 4 Arthropoda 4: Superclass Hexapoda. The Geological Society America, Inc. & University of Kansas, Boulder, Colorado and Lawrence, Kansas, USA. 3–4.
Davis, Donald R. 1978. The North American Moths of the genera Phaeoses, Opogona, and Oinophila, with a discussion of their supergeneric affinities (Lepidoptera: Tineidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 282: 1–39. PDF.
Davis, Donald R. 1998. A world classification of the Harmacloninae, a new subfamily of Tineidae (Lepidoptera: Tineoidea). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 597: 1–81. PDF.
Davis, S.R. & Davis, Donald R. 2009. Neotropical Tineidae VIII. Falsivalva a new genus from Austral South America with extreme modification of the male postabdominal terga (Lepidoptera: Tineidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 111(2): 378–392.
Gaedike, R. 2010. New and poorly known Palaearctic Microlepidoptera (Tineidae, Acrolepiidae, Douglasiidae, Epermeniidae). Nota Lepidopterologica 32(1): 9–24.
Gaedike, R. 2015. Microlepidoptera of Europe Volume 7: Tineidae: 1–308. Reference page.
Melville, R.V. & Smith, J.D.D. (eds.), 1987. Official Lists and Indexes of Names and Work of Zoology. International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature. p. 35 (PDF). Full article (PDF).) ISBN 0-85301-004-8.
Petersen, G. 1957. Die genitalien der Paläarktischen Tineiden (Lepidoptera: Tineidae). Beiträge zur Entomologie 7(1/2): 55–176.
Petersen, G. 1957. Die genitalien der Paläarktischen Tineiden (Lepidoptera: Tineidae). Beiträge zur Entomologie 7(3/4): 338–379.
Petersen, G. 1957. Die genitalien der Paläarktischen Tineiden (Lepidoptera: Tineidae). Beiträge zur Entomologie 7(5/6): 557–595.
Petersen, G. 1986. Nomenklatorische bemerkungen zu den von Herrich-Schäffer beschriebenen Tineiden (Lepidoptera). Beiträge zur Entomologie 36(1): 69–74.
Petersen, G. 1988. Revision der Perissomasticini (Lepidoptera: Tineidae). Beiträge zur Entomologie 38(1): 3–64.
Petersen, G. & Gaedike, R. 1993. Tineiden aus China und Japan aus der Höne sammlung des Museums Koenig (Lepidoptera: Tineidae). Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 44(3/4): 241–250. PDF.

Vernacular names
Deutsch: Echte Motten
English: Clothes Moths
Esperanto: Tineedoj
suomi: Aitokoit
עברית: עשיים
magyar: Ruhamolyfélék
日本語: ヒロズコガ科
한국어: 곡식좀나방과
lietuvių: Tikrosios kandys
Nederlands: Echte motten
norsk: Ekte møll
polski: Molowate
русский: Настоящие моли
中文: 谷蛾科

Tineidae is a family of moths in the order Lepidoptera described by Pierre André Latreille in 1810. Collectively, they are known as fungus moths or tineid moths. The family contains considerably more than 3,000 species in more than 300 genera. Most of the tineid moths are small or medium-sized, with wings held roofwise over the body when at rest. They are particularly common in the Palaearctic, but many occur elsewhere, and some are found very widely as introduced species.

Tineids are unusual among Lepidoptera as the larvae of only a very small number of species feed on living plants, the majority feeding on fungi, lichens, and detritus. The most familiar members of the family are the clothes moths, which have adapted to feeding on stored fabrics and led to their reputation as a household pest. The most widespread of such species are the common clothes moth (Tineola bisselliella), the case-bearing clothes moth (Tinea pellionella), and the carpet moth (Trichophaga tapetzella); the brown-dotted clothes moth (Niditinea fuscella) despite its name, preferentially feeds on feathers in bird nests.

One remarkable genus is Ceratophaga, whose members feed exclusively on pure keratin in the form of the horns and hooves of dead mammals and even the shells of dead tortoises.

Systematics
Subfamilies and notable genera

Some species also are listed; for others see genus accounts.

Dryadaulinae

Brachydoxa
Dryadaula Meyrick, 1893

Erechthiinae

Anastathma
Callicerastis (sometimes in Erechthias)
Comodica
Erechthias Meyrick, 1880
Mecomodica (sometimes in Comodica or Erechthias)
Petula
Phthinocola
Pisistrata
Pontodryas
Thuriostoma

Euplocaminae

Euplocamus Latreille, 1809

Hapsiferinae

Agorarcha
Briaraula
Callocosmeta
Chrysocrata
Cimitra
Colobocrossa
Cubitofusa
Cynomastix
Dasyses
Hapsifera
Hapsiferona
Paraptica
Parochmastis
Phyciodyta
Pitharcha
Rhinophyllis
Tiquadra
Trachycentra
Zygosignata

Harmacloninae

Harmaclona
Micrerethista

Hieroxestinae

Amphixystis
Archemitra
Asymplecta
Crobylophanes Meyrick, 1938
Kermania
Mitrogona Meyrick, 1920
Oinophila
Opogona
Phaeoses
Phruriastis
Tineomigma Gozmány, 2004
Wegneria

Meessiinae

Afrocelestis
Agnathosia
Agoraula
Augolychna
Bathroxena
Clinograptis
Diachorisia
Doleromorphia
Drimylastis
Emblematodes
Epactris
Eudarcia

Galachrysis
Homosetia
Homostinea
Hybroma
Infurcitinea
Ischnoscia
Isocorypha
Leucomele
Lichenotinea
Matratinea
Mea
Meneessia

Montetinea
Nannotinea
Novotinea
Oenoe
Oxylychna
Pompostolella
Protodarcia
Stenoptinea
Tenaga
Trissochyta
Unilepidotricha
Xeringinia

Myrmecozelinae

Ateliotum
Analytarcha
Cephimallota
syn. Anemallota
syn. Aphimallota
syn. Cephitinea
Cinnerethica
Contralissa
Coryptilum
Criticonoma
Dicanica
Dinica
Drosica
Ellochotis
Endromarmata
Euagophleps
Exoplisis

Gerontha
Haplotinea (tentatively placed here)
Ippa
Ischnuridia
Janseana
Machaeropteris
Mesopherna
Metapherna
Mimoscopa
Moerarchis
Myrmecozela

Pachyarthra
Pararhodobates
Phthoropoea
Platysceptra
Propachyarthra
Rhodobates
Sarocrania
Scalmatica
Timaea
Tineovertex
Tracheloteina

Nemapogoninae

Archinemapogon
Gaedikeia
Hyladaula
Nemapogon
Nemaxera
Neurothaumasia
Peritrana
Triaxomasia
Triaxomera
Vanna

Perissomasticinae

Cylicobathra
Ectabola
Edosa
Hyperbola
Neoepiscardia
Perissomastix
Phalloscardia
Sphallesthasis Gozmány, 1959
Theatrochora

Scardiinae

Afroscardia
Amorophaga
Archyala Meyrick, 1889
Bythocrates
Cnismorectis
Coniastis
Cranaodes
Daviscardia
Diataga
Dorata
Hilaroptera Gozmány, 1969
Leptozancla Meyrick, 1920
Montescardia
Morophaga Herrich-Schäffer, 1853
Pelecystola Meyrick, 1920
Scardia
Scardiella
Semeoloncha Gozmány, 1968
Tinissa Walker, 1864
Trigonarchis
Vespitinea

Setomorphinae

Lindera
Prosetomorpha
Setomorpha

Siloscinae

Autochthonus Walsingham, 1891
Organodesma Gozmány, 1965
Silosca Gozmány, 1965

Stathmopolitinae

Stathmopolitis

Teichobiinae

Dinochora
Ectropoceros
Psychoides

Tineinae

Acridotarsa
Anomalotinea
Asymphyla
Ceratobia
Ceratophaga
Ceratuncus
Crypsithyris
Crypsithyrodes
Eccritothrix
Elatobia
Enargocrasis
Eremicola
Graphicoptila
Hippiochaetes

Kangerosithyris
Lipomerinx
Metatinea
Miramonopis
Monopis
Nearolyma
Niditinea
Ocnophilella
Phereoeca
Praeacedes
Pringleophaga
Proterodesma
Proterospastis

Reisserita
Stemagoris
Tetrapalpus
Thomintarra
Tinea
Tinemelitta
Tineola
Tineomigma
Trichophaga
Tryptodema
Wyoma
Xerantica

Genera incertae sedis

These fungus moths have not been assigned to a subfamily with a reasonable amount of certainty:

Acanthocheira
Acritotilpha
Afghanotinea
Amathyntis
Ancystrocheira
Antigambra
Antipolistes
Apreta
Archyala
Argyrocorys
Astrogenes
Axiagasta
Barymochtha
Basanasca
Bascantis
Brithyceros
Catalectis
Catapsilothrix
Cataxipha
Catazetema
Cervaria
Chionoreas
Clepticodes
Colpocrita
Compsocrita
Cosmeombra
Cryphiotechna
Crypsitricha
Cubotinea
Cycloponympha (often placed in Lyonetiidae)
Dasmophora
Dolerothera
Drastea (often placed in Acrolophidae)
Dyotopasta
Ecpeptamena
Endeixis
Endophthora
Ephedroxena
Episyrta
Eriozancla
Erysimaga
Eschatotypa
Eucrotala
Eugennaea
Euprora
Exonomasis
Glaucostolella
Gourbia
Graphidivalva
Habrophila
Hapalothyma
Harmotona
Hecatompeda
Heloscopa (often placed in Oecophoridae)
Heterostasis
Hilaroptera
Histiovalva
Homalopsycha
Homodoxus
Hoplocentra
Hyalaula
Hypoplesia
Leptonoma
Lepyrotica
Leucophasma
Liopycnas
Lithopsaestis
Lysiphragma
Lysitona
Marmaroxena
Melodryas
Merunympha
Miarotagmata
Minicorona
Monachoptilas
Mythoplastis
Nesophylacella
Nonischnoscia
Nothogenes
Nyctocyrmata
Ochetoxena
Ogmocoma
Orocrypsona
Otochares
Oxymachaeris
Pachydyta
Panthytarcha
Pedaliotis
Pelecystola
Peristactis
Petasactis
Pezetaera
Philagraulella
Phryganeopsis
Plaesiostola
Plemyristis
Polypsecta
Probatostola
Proboloptila
Protagophleps
Protaphreutis
Prothinodes
Psecadioides
Pyloetis
Randominta
Ranohira
Rungsiodes
Sagephora
Scardia
Sciomystis
Setiarcha
Sphecioses
Stryphnodes
Syncraternis
Syngeneta
Syrmologa
Taeniodictys (often placed in Lyonetiidae)
Tephrosara
Tetanostola
Thallostoma
Thisizima
Thomictis
Thyrsochares
Tomara
Trachyrrhopala
Trachytyla
Transmixta
Trichearias
Trierostola
Trithamnora
Xylesthia
Xystrologa
Zonochares
Zymologa

Fossil record

†Architinea Rebel, 1934
†Architinea balticella Rebel, 1934
†Architinea sepositella Rebel, 1934
†Dysmasiites Kusnezov, 1941
†Dysmasiites carpenteri Kusnezov, 1941
†Electromeessia Kozlov, 1987
†Electromeessia zagulijaevi Kozlov, 1987 (Baltic region, Eocene Amber)
†Glessoscardia Kusnezov, 1941
†Glessoscardia gerasimovi Kusnezov, 1941
†Martynea Kusnezov, 1941
†Martynea rebeli Kusnezov, 1941
†Monopibaltia Skalski, 1974
†Monopibaltia ignitella Skalski, 1974 (Baltic region, Eocene Amber)
†Palaeoinfurcitinea Kozlov, 1987
†Palaeoinfurcitinea rohdendorfi Kozlov, 1987 (Russia, Eocene Amber)
†Palaeoscardiites Kusnezov, 1941
†Palaeoscardiites mordvilkoi Kusnezov, 1941
†Palaeotinea Kozlov, 1987
†Palaeotinea rasnitsyni Kozlov, 1987
†Paratriaxomasia Jarzembowski, 1980
†Paratriaxomasia solentensis Jarzembowski, 1980
†Proscardiites Kusnezov, 1941
†Proscardiites martynovi Kusnezov, 1941
†Pseudocephitinea Kozlov, 1987
†Pseudocephitinea svetlanae Kozlov, 1987 (Russia, Eocene Amber)
†Scardiites Kusnezov, 1941
†Scardiites meyricki Kusnezov, 1941
†Simulotenia Skalski, 1977
†Simulotenia intermedia Skalski, 1977
†Tillyardinea Kusnezov, 1941
†Tillyardinea eocaenica Kusnezov, 1941
Tinea Linnaeus, 1758
†Tinea antique Rebel, 1822
†Tineitella T. B. Fletcher, 1940
†Tineitella crystalli Kawall, 1876 (originally in Tineites)
†Tineitella sucinacius Kozlov, 1987 (originally in Tineites)
†Tineolamima Rebel, 1934
†Tineolamima aurella Rebel, 1934
†Tineosemopsis Skalski, 1974
†Tineosemopsis decurtatus Skalski, 1974

References

Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness - Lepidoptera

Darby, Gene (1958). What is a Butterfly. Chicago: Benefic Press. p. 43.
Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae
Common Clothes Moth
A Caterpillar that Eats Tortoise Shells
Tineid of Korea(closed, 2005~2019.12.23)
Fauna Europaea