Thank you, Tom. I definitely will. Look forward to reducing these numbers now that I know what they really are!
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy A30S on Movistar On Thu, 30 Sep 2021, 17:45 'bugman22' via MuseumPests, < pestlist@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Angelica - > > For a thorough treatise detailing this moth, its biology, and habits go > to: https://entemdept.edu>creatures>urban>occas This is the website of > the University of Florida Entomology Department, the members of which > encounter this moth routinely. I have worked with it in several locations > in museums in Florida. Vacuum, vacuum, vacuum. The larvae love to feed on > spider webs. > > Tom Parker > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Angelica Isa-Adaniya <a.isa14...@gmail.com> > To: pestlist@googlegroups.com > Sent: Thu, Sep 30, 2021 5:59 pm > Subject: Re: [PestList] Fwd: Phereoeca uterella vs. Tinea pellionella > > Thank you for your answers. > > Thomas, we're in Lima, Peru. The museum is about 30km south of the city. > These are our rough what3words coordinates > <https://w3w.co/remembrance.dedicated.aided>. The climate is akin to San > Francisco, with a desertic coast but constant cloud cover and common fog. > > Thank you, Tony. Yes, I am very wary of Google photos since I never know > for sure what they're showing. Thank you for your thoughts! I just found on > an entomology page from the Univ. of Florida that *Phereoeca* are > actually parasitised by *Apanteles carpatus*, which we have had > identified by an entomologist in our stores, so this is great news. > > Best, > Angélica > > On Thu, 30 Sept 2021 at 15:17, Tony Irwin <dr.tony.ir...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Angélica > Your cases certainly look like *Phereoeca, *rather than *Tinea*. > Please be wary of Google photos - many of the identifications are > incorrect - you need to be doubtful of any that are not posted from an > experienced entomologist. > Cheers > Tony > > > Dr A.G.Irwin > 47 The Avenues > Norwich > Norfolk NR2 3PH > England > > mobile: +44(0)7880707834 > phone: +44(0)1603 453524 > > > On Thu, 30 Sept 2021 at 20:52, Angelica Isa-Adaniya <a.isa14...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Dear pest list, > > I hope you are all doing well. I recently came across a moth I hadn't > heard of before called *Phereoeca uterella* or plaster moth / household > casebearer and it suddenly struck me that perhaps the case moths I am used > to finding at work are in fact that and not the *T. pellionella* that I > thought. Unfortunately for me, the fact sheet for *P. uterella *doesn't > seem to be up on the museum pests website yet. > > I had always wondered about this ID because we find a lot of our cases > stuck to our poured concrete walls even in spaces where there are no > exposed objects. I wasn't sure what they were eating. The cases have this > grainy quality under the microscope which doesn't look like threads or > wool-derived, and the cases are rather flat instead of tubular (pumpkinseed > shaped, as described on Wiki). The cases we find are always white or very > light grey. We also tend to find them grouped around the other insects in > our traps, suggesting they are eating the bodies of the dead insects. This > said, I don't believe I have ever, in 5 years, seen a moth in our traps > that looked as dark as the *P. uterella* adult according to the Google > photos. 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