- Setomorpha rutella
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Setomorpha rutella Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Tineidae Genus: Setomorpha Species: S. rutella Binomial name Setomorpha rutella
Zeller, 1852Synonyms - Epilegis cariosella Dietz, 1905
- Amadria clemensella Chambers, 1874
- Setomorpha contestata Meyrick, 1922
- Setomorpha corticinella Snellen, 1885
- Setomorpha discipunctella Rebel, 1894
- Chrestotes dryas Butler, 1881
- Trisyntopa euryspoda Lower, 1918
- Apotomia fractiliniella Dietz, 1905
- Setomorpha inamoenella Zeller, 1873
- Setomorpha majorella Dietz, 1905
- Setomorpha margalaestriata Keuchenius, 1917
- Gelechia multimaculella Chambers, 1878
- Setomorpha operosella Zeller, 1873
- Setomorpha ruderella Zeller, 1873
- Setomorpha rupicella Zeller, 1852
- Setomorpha sigmoidella Dietz, 1905
- Setomorpha tineoides Dammerman, 1919
- Semiota transversestrigella Dietz, 1905
The Tropical Tobacco Moth (Setomorpha rutella) is a moth of the Tineidae family. It is a widely spread species that has been distributed by commerce over much of the warmer parts of Africa, Eurasia, Malaysia, Australia, many Pacific islands and North America and South America.
The wingspan is 9-22 mm. Adults are brown and speckled with dark brown or black.
The larvae feed on dried goods, cereals, grain, rice, nuts, seeds and other dry vegetable matter. It is a pest of dried tobacco leaves in some regions and it has been reported as a pest of dried insect specimens. Full-grown larvae are about 17 mm long, cylindrical, dirty-white and skin transparent. The head is red-brown.
The larva pupates in a closely woven and smooth cocoon within a loosely spun outer framework or outer cocoon, to which particles of food and excrement adhere.
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