Large Pale Clothes Moth vs Plain Clothes

Tinea pallescentella compared with Tinea flavescentella

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Large Pale Clothes Moth	Plain Clothes
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class same	Insecta (Insects)	Insecta (Insects)
Order same	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family same	Tineidae	Tineidae
Genus same	Tinea	Tinea
Species	Tinea pallescentella	Tinea flavescentella

Evolutionary Relationship

Large Pale Clothes Moth and Plain Clothes share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Tinea.

Conservation Status

Large Pale Clothes Moth

NE — Not Evaluated

Plain Clothes

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Large Pale Clothes Moth	Plain Clothes
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Large Pale Clothes Moth

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (18 countries).

Plain Clothes

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (7 countries).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 7 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇫🇷 France 🇮🇪 Ireland 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇬🇧 United Kingdom