Praeacedes
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Phylum: | Arthropoda
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| Class: | Insecta
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| Genus: | Praeacedes Amsel, 1954
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| Species: | P. atomosella
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| Binomial name | |
| Praeacedes atomosella (Walker, 1863)
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Praeacedes is a monotypic moth genus in the family Tineidae first described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1954. Its only species, Praeacedes atomosella, was first described by Francis Walker in 1863. It has a wide range and has been recorded from Europe (the Canary Islands, Cyprus and Malta[1]), Australia, Hawaii, India, Malaysia, Solomon Islands, Easter Island, Mauritius, Madagascar, Réunion,[2] South America and North America. The species has commonly been misidentified in various parts of the world.
The larvae feed on a variety of dead material such as clothes debris and pigeon dung. The larvae create brown larval cases. Pupation takes place within this case which serves as its cocoon. When the moth issues the pupa is extruded.
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External links[]
- Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1978). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 9 Microlepidoptera. The University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7338.
- Fauna Europaea
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- Tineinae
- Cosmopolitan moths
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- Monotypic moth genera
- Taxa named by Hans Georg Amsel
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