Tinearia alternata (Say, 1824)

Omelková, Markéta & Ježek, Jan, 2012, A new species of the genus Trichomyia (Diptera: Psychodidae) and new faunistic data on non-phlebotomine moth flies from the Podyjí NP and its surroundings (Czech Republic), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52 (2), pp. 505-533 : 526

Tinearia alternata (Say, 1824)

Published records. Horní Břečkov, Pod Šobesem ( JEŽEK et al. 2005).

Material examined. Citonice (9), J, v., Inv. No. 5371 ; Znojmo , Granický potok brook (27), ♀, v., Inv. No. 5337 ; Znojmo , river nr. Kraví hora hill (28), J, v., Inv. No. 5365 ; Podmolí , trickle (36), J, v., Inv. No. 5331 ; Šafov (41), ♀, ix., Inv. No. 5995 ; Šatov (42), ♀, vi., Inv. No. 7592 ; Hnanice , Šobes vineyard and Nad papírnou (45), ♀, viii., Inv. No. 8357 .

Comment. A cosmopolitan species, generally very common. The larvae are saprobiontic, psammobiontic, coprobiontic, or associated with fungi; they develop in organic matter in spring areas, brooks, wet meadows, and excrements. In cases of their mass occurrence, the larvae can block the function of older biological filters in gravel sewage works.