Forewing Length: 4-8mm;
Wingspan: 9-16mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	?	?	All Year (Earliest: 25.3)

Biotopes:	Buildings
Food: (Larva)	Animal Fibres, Fur, Feathers
Parasitoids:	Gelis cinctus Larva	Hypsicera curvator Larva
Other Possible Parasitoids:	Many Ichneumonidae Larvae	Several Braconidae Larvae

Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium: Tinea pellionella
Tinea pellionella
Lepiforum: Tinea pellionella

Pictures © 2003, 2008 J.K. Lindsey

Caution

Back to Ecology of Commanster