Case-making clothes moth vs Chacoan Mara

Tinea pellionella compared with Dolichotis salinicola

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Case-making clothes moth	Chacoan Mara
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Tineidae	Caviidae
Genus	Tinea	Dolichotis
Species	Tinea pellionella	Dolichotis salinicola

Evolutionary Relationship

Case-making clothes moth and Chacoan Mara share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Case-making clothes moth

LC — Least Concern

Chacoan Mara

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Case-making clothes moth	Chacoan Mara
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

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).

Chacoan Mara

Habitat

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.

Chacoan Mara

The Chacoan Mara (Dolichotis salinicola) is a species in the genus Dolichotis. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.