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Tineola bisselliella Common Clothes Moth

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23 records (32+ individuals)
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Date Site OS Grid Ref Stage Quantity Comment
04 Aug 2024 Thornton Avenue, Higher Bebington SJ316857 Adult 1 Scuttled over cartons in characteristic manner.
06 May 2024 Highfield Road, Ellesmere Port SJ400763 Adult 1 ex photo on Cheshire Moths Facebook Group
28 Apr 2024 Highfield Road, Ellesmere Port SJ400763 Adult 1 ex photo on Cheshire Moths Facebook Group
16 Feb 2024 Macclesfield SJ9173 Adult 1 Potted live in a Cross Country train carriage. Disembarked moth at Macclesfield Railway Station, SJ919736
10 Aug 2023 Wellington Close, Ellesmere Port SJ404763 Adult 1
16 Jul 2023 Wellington Close, Ellesmere Port SJ404763 Adult 1 Male.Gen.Det.
15 Jun 2023 Highfield Road, Ellesmere Port SJ400763 Adult 1 photo on Cheshire Moths Facebook Group
02 Jun 2023 Vernon Avenue, Wallasey SJ318907 Adult 1 photo on Cheshire Moths Facebook Group
24 Mar 2023 Nantwich SJ6452 Adult 1 Ernley Close, SJ647525
25 Mar 2022 Macclesfield SJ9173 Adult 1 Found alive on a CrossCountry train travelling through Cheshire. Unclear where moth boarded train train from south of country. Macclesfield Railway Station. Grid ref SJ919736, is that of station where alighted. photo on Cheshire Moths Facebook Group, where confirmed
19 Jul 2017 Weston Grove, Upton, Chester SJ416692 Adult 1 confirmed CMR from photo
21 Jul 2014 Adlington SJ928818 Dead 10
1962 Bramhall SJ8984 Not recorded 1 Woodford/Bramhall, grid reference not provided
1959 Hoylake SJ2189 Adult 1 exhibited at LCES 19/4/1960, LCES 82-84:28, grid reference not provided
29 Sep 1951 Bebington SJ3285 Adult 1
1951 Frandley House, Frandley SJ640788 Adult 1+ undated. Boyd (1951)
12 Jun 1950 Chester SJ4066 Adult 1 grid reference not provided
26 May 1949 Bebington SJ3285 Adult 1
30 Mar 1949 Bebington SJ3285 Larval 1 in fur gloves, emerged 11/6/1949
14 Oct 1944 Bebington SJ3285 Larval 1 in rabbit skin, emerging 1/5, 11/5, 24/5, 29/5, 5/6/1945
1940 Cheshire Unknown Not recorded 1+ a common pest on wool and fur throughout, Mansbridge (1940)
10 Jul 1909 Claughton SJ3088 Adult 1 grid reference not provided
1854 Cheshire Unknown Not recorded 1+ grid reference and date unknown. Very common. Usually called 'Destructor' Byerley (1854)


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Updated: 19th April 2025