Tineidae facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Tineidae
Adult European Grain Moth (Nemapogon granella: Nemapogoninae) from Graz (Austria)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Suborder:	Glossata
Infraorder:	Heteroneura
Division:	Ditrysia
Superfamily:	Tineoidea
Family:	Tineidae Latreille, 1810
Type genus
Tinea Linnaeus, 1758
Subfamilies
Dryadaulinae Erechthiinae Euplocaminae Hapsiferinae Harmacloninae Hieroxestinae Meessiinae Myrmecozelinae Nemapogoninae Perissomasticinae Scardiinae Setomorphinae Siloscinae Stathmopolitinae Teichobiinae Tineinae and see text

Tineidae (or clothes moth) is a family of moths. They are known as fungus moths or tineid moths. There are more than 3,000 species in over 300 genera. Most of the tineid moths are small or medium-sized. They have wings over their bodies. They are common in the Palaearctic. Others found elsewhere were introduced

Tineids will eat living plants, fungi, lichens, and detritus. The most known members of the family are the clothes moths. They eat on stored fabrics. The most widespread 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) will feed on feathers in a bird's nest. The genus Ceratophaga, members will eat on dead animals such as mammals and the shells of dead tortoises.

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In Spanish: Tineidos para niños