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While silverfish are harmless to humans and play an essential role in the ecosystem as decomposers and seed dispersers, they can destroy books, old papers, wallpaper, carpets, furniture, and clothes.
The silverfish (Lepisma saccharinum) is a species of small, primitive, [1] wingless insect in the order Zygentoma (formerly Thysanura). Its common name derives from the insect's silvery light grey colour, combined with the fish-like appearance of its movements.
Ctenolepisma longicaudatum, generally known as the gray silverfish, long-tailed silverfish or paper silverfish, is a species of Zygentoma in the family Lepismatidae. It was described by the German entomologist Karl Leopold Escherich in 1905 based on specimens collected in South Africa , [ 1 ] but is found worldwide as synanthrope in human housings.
IARC points out that acute exposure causes cataracts in humans, rats, rabbits, and mice. Chronic exposure to naphthalene vapors is reported to also cause cataracts and retinal hemorrhage . [ 8 ] Under California's Proposition 65 , naphthalene is listed as "known to the State to cause cancer".
Lepisma is a genus of primitive insects in the order Zygentoma and the family Lepismatidae. [2]The most familiar member of the genus Lepisma is the silverfish (L. saccharinum), a cosmopolitan species that likes damp habitats, tends to hide in crevices and is usually found in human habitations, becoming household pests under certain conditions. [3]
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Zygentoma are an order in the class Insecta, and consist of about 550 known species. [1] The Zygentoma include the so-called silverfish or fishmoths, and the firebrats.A conspicuous feature of the order are the three long caudal filaments.