Tinea messalina Robinson, 1979
| FAMILY | Tineidae |
| SUBFAMILY | Tineinae |
| GENUS | Tinea |
| SPECIES | messalina |
| AUTHOR | Robinson, 1979 |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Tinea messalina sp. n. |
| TYPE LOCALITY | Italy, Venice, Lido Island, 29.v.1910, Walsingham. |
| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, genitalia slide Petersen 1408, BMNH; Paratypes 2♀, genitalia slides Petersen 1508, 1719, BMNH. |
| STATUS | Species |
| PUBLICATION | Robinson G. S. 1979. Cloth-moths of the Tinea pellionella complex: a revision of the world's species (Lepidoptera: Tineidae). - Bulletin of the British Museum of natural History (Entomology) 38(3):57–128. |
| PAGINATION | 87–88, figs. 1, 24, 34, 48, 54, 63, 94, 95 |
Species Distribution
| COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Yemen | Robinson G. S. 1979. Cloth-moths of the Tinea pellionella complex: a revision of the world's species (Lepidoptera: Tineidae). - Bulletin of the British Museum of natural History (Entomology) 38(3):57–128. | 88 |
Notes: Palaearctic: Algeria, Canary Islands, Greece, Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Malta (see Gaedike 2014: 203).
Host Plants
Unknown
