Brown house moth

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Name (Latin)
Brown house moth
Other forms of name
Hofmannophila pseudospretella
See Also From tracing topical name
Hofmannophila
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Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q5876818
Library of congress: sh2005008634
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: Antonelli, A.L. Meal moths, 1986:p. 3 (Brown house moth, Hofmannophila pseudospretella)
  • Australian insects common names, via WWW, 16 June 2005(Hofmannophila pseudospretella (Stainton); common name: Brown house moth; order: Lepidoptera; family: Oecophoridae)
  • Gerard, P.J. The digestive system of the keratin-feeding larvae of Hofmannophila pseudospretella (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae), in New Zealand journal of Zoology, 2002 (v. 29: 15-22), via WWW, 16 June 2005:abstract (The structure of the digestive system of the larva of the brown house moth (Hofmannophila pseudospretella - Stainton))
  • Nomina insecta nearctica, via WWW, 16 June 2005([genus] Hofmannophila - Spuler 1910; [species] Hofmannophila pseudospretella - Stainton 1849 (Oecophora))
  • Arnett, R.H. American insects, 2000:p. 667 ([family] Oecophoridae; sub-family Oecophorinae; tribe Oecophorini; [genus] Hofmannophila (Spuler); one species only: H. pseudospretella; Brown house moth)
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Wikipedia description:

Hofmannophila is a genus of moths in the concealer moth family Oecophoridae. It is monotypic, with the single species Hofmannophila pseudospretella, the brown house moth, which appears to be closely related to species of the genus Borkhausenia.

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