Niditinea striolella

Niditinea striolella, the brindled clothes moth, is a moth of the family Tineidae. It was described by Shōnen Matsumura in 1931. It is found from most of Europe to Japan.

Niditinea striolella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tineidae
Genus:	Niditinea
Species:	N. striolella
Binomial name
Niditinea striolella (Matsumura, 1931)[1]
Synonyms
Tinea striolella Matsumura, 1931 Tinea ignotella Zagulajev, 1956 Tinea piercella Bentinck, 1935 Niditinea piercella Niditinea distinguenda Petersen, 1957 Tinea pacifella Zagulajev, 1960 Niditinea semidivisa Meyrick, 1934

The wingspan is 16–21 mm.^[2] The ground colour is buff, heavily irrorated (sprinkled) with darker scales. Adults are on wing from June to August.

Larvae have been reared from birds' nests, especially those in nest boxes or holes made by woodpeckers.^[3] They live within a silken tube or tent.^[4]