Felt Clothes vs Skin Moth

Monopis imella compared with Monopis laevigella

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Felt Clothes	Skin Moth
Kingdom same	Animalia (animal)	Animalia (animal)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (arthropodes)	Arthropoda (arthropodes)
Class same	Insecta (insecte)	Insecta (insecte)
Order same	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family same	Tineidae	Tineidae
Genus same	Monopis	Monopis
Species	Monopis imella	Monopis laevigella

Evolutionary Relationship

Felt Clothes and Skin Moth share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Monopis.

Conservation Status

Felt Clothes

LC — Least Concern

Skin Moth

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Felt Clothes	Skin Moth
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Felt Clothes

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Skin Moth

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 4 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden