Case-making clothes moth vs Ogilby's Duiker

Tinea pellionella compared with Cephalophus ogilbyi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Case-making clothes moth	Ogilby's Duiker
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Tineidae	Bovidae (Bovids)
Genus	Tinea	Cephalophus
Species	Tinea pellionella	Cephalophus ogilbyi

Evolutionary Relationship

Case-making clothes moth and Ogilby's Duiker share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Case-making clothes moth

LC — Least Concern

Ogilby's Duiker

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Case-making clothes moth	Ogilby's Duiker
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).

Ogilby's Duiker

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.