Morophaga choragella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
(Large Clothes)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Morophaga choragella (Large Clothes)
Family	TINEIDAE (tineid micro-moths)
Superfamily	TINEOIDEA (bagworm and tineid micro-moths)
Infraorder	Ditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
Infraorder	Heteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
Suborder	GLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
Order	LEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Morophaga choragella is also a member of:
Microlepidoptera - micro-moths (via Tineoidea)
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

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Records of Morophaga choragella (Large Clothes) :
1: Morophaga choragella (Large Clothes)
30 May 1997	OSGR: SU56	51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W	Vice County: Berks (VC 22)	England
reared from Ganoderma resinaceum

Morophaga choragella (Large Clothes) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

TINEIDAE
(tineid micro-moths)

TINEOIDEA
(bagworm and tineid micro-moths)

Ditrysia
(butterflies and most moths)

LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Microlepidoptera
(micro-moths)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Morophaga choragella (Large Clothes)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Morophaga choragella (Large Clothes)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

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