Triaxomera fulvimitrella
Species of moth
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Triaxomera fulvimitrella, the four-spotted clothes moth, is a moth of the family Tineidae. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, the Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Slovenia and most of the Balkan Peninsula.[2] The habitat consists of woodlands.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tineidae |
| Genus: | Triaxomera |
| Species: | T. fulvimitrella |
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| Triaxomera fulvimitrella (Sodoffsky, 1830) [1] | |
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The wingspan is 15–22 mm. Adults are on wing from May to July.
The larvae feed in dead wood or on bracket fungi (including Inonotus radiatus and Piptoporus betulinus),[3] especially those growing on Fagus and Quercus species. Larvae can be found from September onwards during the winter months.[4]
