Hi Annie, Thanks for the great images of your traps. In your "Unidentified moth - 1" image, you have Indianmeal moths, Plodia interpunctella, a single Almond Moth, Cadra cautella and several webbing clothes moths, Tineola bisselliella. The almond moth is the one you didn't recognize. The Indianmeal moths and the almond moth are stored food insects that are likely emerging from dried food goods, or other grains from the kitchen.
In your "Unidentified moths - 2" image, besides the webbing clothes moths in the trap, the spotted moths appear to be Niditinea orleansella (No common name). You can see some variation in color with this species. Niditinea moths are related to webbing clothes moths as they are all in the family Tineidae. Other Niditinea moths include Niditinea fuscella, which has the common name of brown-dotted clothes moth. They are often found in bird nests and can feed on dried animal and plant material. The clothes moth Bullet Lure that appears in the image will attract webbing clothes moths, casemaking clothes moths and some species of Niditinea moths. The Niditinea orleansella moths are almost certainly males attracted to the sex pheromone in the Bullet Lure. If there are openings to the outside, check for bird nests and seal off openings. If that is not the source, look for the source of the Niditinea moths in discarded materials or in dirtier storage areas. I hope that this is helpful. Best regards, Pat Kelley Insects Limited ________________________________ From: pestlist@googlegroups.com <pestlist@googlegroups.com> on behalf of agreco <agr...@plimoth.org> Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2022 11:57 AM To: MuseumPests <pestlist@googlegroups.com> Subject: [PestList] Unidentified moths - help please CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Hello everyone, When I went through my weekly trap checks this morning, I found some moths I haven't seen before and was hoping you could help me identify them. We currently have a webbing clothes moth problem we have been monitoring the past few months, and today in one of the pheromone traps I saw 5 moths with black spotted wings and a beige head. They are in the picture "Unidentified moth - 2" for reference. Could they be brown house moths? We share the building with a kitchen downstairs which is used to prepare food and store corn and grains, and in a sticky trap near it, I noticed pantry moths (I believe based on photos online but could be wrong) and another new moth I have never seen before. These two are shown in image "Unidentified moth - 1". I really appreciate you taking the time to look at these photos and any insight you can provide. Thanks again, Annie Annie Greco Collections Manager & Staff Archaeologist (508)746-1622 x8379 Plimoth Patuxet Museums www.plimoth.org<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http%3a%2f%2fwww.plimoth.org%2f&c=E,1,QcylnVO8DzP-ty8pgWOKtIdnU7zm3MtMaZV7d4QWTM6Xm_wNnYcxB6Sz2l9eON2onr-wnKm4ozZUlVVD1A3hnA_qeXuT_8Vsk9tdW9teDQQtFQ,,&typo=1> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This e-mail and any attached files may contain information that is privileged and/or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use or this communication is strictly prohibited. If you received this e-mail by accident, please notify the sender immediately and destroy this e-mail and all copies of it. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MuseumPests" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/2119c309-bf70-48cf-ad18-9dcf452bf221n%40googlegroups.com<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fgroups.google.com%2fd%2fmsgid%2fpestlist%2f2119c309-bf70-48cf-ad18-9dcf452bf221n%2540googlegroups.com%3futm_medium%3demail%26utm_source%3dfooter&c=E,1,uNBdi21DccInzhpMDRd1NFtsPIqbJl06dfcmhJ6CWLccc6zcJZ0Z3tkZ0UT0_-WU62KG-D5PJnUQo5K4-FKUZG_iT7w8-_PrVXXTOAeXzWpRX56aACKQbPA,&typo=1>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MuseumPests" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/DM6PR14MB234845B4D3412B4AF468019BF8AD9%40DM6PR14MB2348.namprd14.prod.outlook.com.
