Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Case-making clothes moth

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Tinea pellionella

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Case-making clothes moth
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Tineidae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Tinea
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Tinea pellionella

Evolutionary Relationship

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat and Case-making clothes moth share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Case-making clothes moth

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Case-making clothes moth
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Case-making clothes moth

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Taiwan, Yemen), Europe (9 countries), and North America (Canada, United States).

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

The Bergmans’s Fruit Bat (Scotonycteris bergmansi) is a species in the genus Scotonycteris. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Case-making clothes moth

The Case-making Clothes Moth (Tinea pellionella) is a species in the genus Tinea. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.